Plants Less Preferred by Mule Deer

+Achillea species (Yarrow)

*Aconitum napellus (Monkshood)

Akebia (Chocolate Vine)

Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)

Allium (Ornamental Onion)

Aquliegia (Columbine)

*Artemisia species (Sage)

Asarum (Wild Ginger)

*Aster species (Aster)

Astilbe False (Spirea)

Bergenia

Borago (Borage)

Campanula (Bellflower)

Celastrus (Bittersweet)

Centaurea (Bacheloras Button)

*+Cerastium species (Snow-In-Summer)

Chrysopsis species (Golden Aster)

Convallaria (Lily-Of-The-Valley)

Coreopsis species (Tickseed)

+Delphinium species (Delphinium)

*Dicentra species (Bleeding Heart)

*Digitalis species (Foxglove)

Duchesnea (False Strawberry)

+Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

*Epimedium rubrum (Bishopas Hat)

*Euphorbia species (Spurge)

*Filipendula species (Meadowsweet)

*Gaillardia species (Blanketflower)

Galium (Sweet Woodruff)

Geranium species (Hardy Geranium)

+Gutierrezia sarothrae (Snakeweed)

+Gypsophilia species (Baby’s Breath)

Helianthus maxcimiliani (False Sunflower)

Helleborus species (Hellebore)

*Hemerocallis species (Daylily)

Iberis (Candytuft)

+Iris species (Iris)

+Kniphofia species (Poker Plant)

*Lamium species (Deadnettle)

*Leucanthemum species (Shasta daisy)

Liatris punctata (Gayfeather)

+Lilium tigrinum (Tiger Lily)

*Lupinus species (Lupine)

+Mentha species (Mint)

Mertensia species (Mertensia)

*Monarda species (Beebalm)

Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)

+Narcissus species (Daffodil)

*+Nepeta species (Catmint)

+Oenothera (Missouri)

missouriensis (Primrose)

+Origanum species (Oregano)

Pachysandra (Spurge)

Papaver (Poppy)

Parthenocissus (Woodine)

Peaonia species (Peony)

*+Penstemon species (Beardtongue)

+Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Perscaria (Fleeceflower)

Petunia

Pulmonaria (Lungwort)

+Ranunculus species (Buttercup)

Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat)

Rheum species(Rhubarb)

*Rudbeckia species (Black-eyed Susan)

Salvia (Meadow Sage)

+Salvia officinalis (Culinary Sage)

Scabiosa

Sempervivum (Hen & Chicks)

Sphaeralcea species (Globemallow)

Stachys (Lambas Ear)

Thermopsis species (False Lupine)

+Thymus species (Thyme)

Viola

Vitis (Grape)

Waldsteinia (Ornamental Strawberry)

Zinnia grandiflora (Prairie Zinnia) 

 

These plants are less preferred by deer and other wildlife. Wildlife will eat almost any plant if hungry enough. Trampling, rubbing or digging may also injure plants.