Planting A Garden to Discourage Deer

During a difficult winter, large herds of deer will eat just about any vegetation. There is no such thing as a deer-proof plant. You may minimize damage, however, by growing plants least favored by deer, and by avoiding such deer favorites as azalea, rhododendron, yew, rose, daylily, pansy, hosta, tulip, and phlox paniculata. The following is a list of plants which are considered to be “deer-resistant”.

Trees, Shrubs & Vines                                Annuals                                          

Amelanchier canadensis         Shadbush serviceberry            Ageratum houstonianum    Ageratum                  

Amelanchier Iaevis                Allegheny serviceberry            Anethum graveolens         Common dill               

Arctostapylos uva-ursi            Bearberry                              Antirrhunum majus           Snapdragon               

Berberis                                Barberry                                Euphorbia                        Spurge                      

Buxus                                   Boxwood                                Lavandula                        Lavender                   

Caryopteris x Clandonensis     Caryopteris                            Lobutaria maritima            Sweet alysum             

Cephalotaxus haningtonia       Japanese plum yew                 Nicotiana                          Flowering tobacco       

Cephalotaxus var koreana      Japanese plum yew                 Pelargonium                     Scented Geranium       

Chamaecyparis pisifera          Japanese false cypress            Salvia                               Sage                          

Cryptomeria japonica             Japanese cedar                       Santolina chamacyparisus  Lavender cotton          

Daphne                                 Daphne                                  Tagetes                            Marigold                     

Eleagnus angustifolia              Russian olive                          Tanacetum vulgare            Common Tansy          

Gaultheria procumbens          Creeping wintergreen               Thymus                            Thyme                        

Gau!theria shallon                 Shallon                                    Tropaeolum majus            Nasturtium                 

Hibiscus syriacus                   Rose of Sharon                                                                                                

Ilex a aquip. San Jose            San Jose holly                                                                                              

Ilex opaca                            American holly                                                                                           

Juniperus                              Junipers                                                                                                           

Leucothoe                             Leucothce                                                                                                         

Ligustrum vulgare                  European privet                                                                                                

Picea pungens glauca             Colorado blue spruce                                                                                        

l’eiris japonica                       Japanese andromeda                                                                                        

Sambucus canadensis            Blueberry elder                                                                                                

Sarcococca hookeriana          Himalayan sweetbox                                                                                          

Nandina                                Heavenly bamboo                                                                                    

Perennials

Achillea                                    Yarrow

Aconitum                                 Monkshood

Anemone x hybrida                  Japanese anemone

Aquilegia                                 Columbine                    

Arabis                                     Rock cress    

Arisaema triphyllum                 Jack-in-the-pulpit

Bergenia

Ceratostigma plumbagnoides    Plunthago 

Corivallaria majalis                  Lily of the valley

Coreopsis vert. Moonbeam       Threadleaf  tickseed

Dicentra spectabilis                 Bleeding heart

Digitalis                                  Foxglove

Echinacea purpurea                 Purple coneflower

Epimedium                             Barrenwort

Euphorbia                               Spurge

Ferns

Fritillaria                                 Fritillaria

Helleborus                              Lenten rose

Hesperis                                 Dame’s rocket

Lamium maculatum                 Deadnettle

Lavandula                              Lavender

Linaria vulgaris                       Toadflax

Lynchis coronaria                    Rose-campion

Ornamental grasses

Papver orientale                     Oriental poppy

Perovskia atriplicifolia             Russian sage

Pulmonaria                             Lungwort

Rheum rhabarbarumRudbeckia Rhubarb

Salvia                                     Black-eyed Susan

Santolinachamaecyparissus      Sage

Stachys byzantina                    Lavender cotton

Tiarella cordifolia                     Lamb’s earFoam flower

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