Deer-Resistant Plants

 

This is a list of plants that we carry or have carried in the past that tend to be more deer-resistant. This does not mean deer-proof, and even the plants on this list will get nibbled on from time to time. Deer browsing depends upon the available food source for that year, time of year, location, deer species and simple curiosity. The only sure way to keep the deer from nibbling on your plants is to put up a tall enough fence.

DEER RESISTANT ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Indian Rice Grass, Blue Bunch Wheatgrass, Karl Foerster Reed Grass, Avalanche Reed Grass, Overdam Reed Grass, Schottland Tufted Hair Grass, Northern Sea Oats Grass, Boulder Blue Fescue, Elijah Blue Fescue, Siskiyou Blue Fescue, Idaho Fescue, Covar Sheep Fescue, Blue Oat Grass, Japanese Red Baron Blood Grass, Maiden Grass, Shenandoah Switch Grass, Piglet Fountain Grass, Ribbon Grass, Hardy Pampas Grass, Little Blue Stem

DEER RESISTANT PERENNIALS

Yarrow, Hyssop, Basket Of Gold, Snowdrop Anemone, Hollyhocks, Thrift, Silvermound, False Spiraea, Columbine, False Indigo, Winter Glow Pig Squeak, Snow-N-Summer, Mammoth Daisy, Coreopsis, Iceplant, Pinks, Bleeding Heart, Foxglove, Coneflower, Blanket Flower, Sweet Woodruff, Cranesbill, Lenten Rose, Daylillies, Coral Bells, Rose Of Sharon, Iris, Red Hot Poker, Becky Shasta Daisy, Snowcap Shasta Daisy, Kobold, Floristan White Gayfeather, Sapphire Blue Flax, Lillies, Lupine, Hollyhocks, Bee Balm, Catmint, Poppies, Penstemon, Russian Sage, Peony, Creeping Phlox, Upright Phlox, Verna Nana, Miss Willmott, Black-Eyed Susan, Moss, May Night, East Friesland, Marcus, Hens & Chicks, Helene Von Stein Lambs Ear, Red Creeping Thyme, Woolly Thyme, Speedwell, Periwinkle

DEER RESISTANT SHRUBS

Barberry, Butterfly Bush, Boxwood, Siberian Pea Shrub, Rouge Cardinal Clematis, Ramona Clematis, Ernest Markham Clematis, Vancouver Starry Nights Clematis, Rock Daphne, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle, Autumn Olive, Mediterranean Pink Heath, Kramer’s Red Heath, Northern Gold Forsythia, Gold Tide Forsythia, Pilosa Broom, Lydia Broom, Limelight Hydrangea, Annabelle Hydrangea, Phantom Hydrangea, PeeGee Hydrangea, Kalm St. Johnswort, Holly, Sea Green Juniper, Blue Star Juniper, Old Gold Juniper, Calgary Carpet Juniper, Blue Chip Juniper, Hidcote, Munstead, Fred Boutin, Blue Cushion, Golden Vicary Privet, Honeysuckle, Oregon Grape, Virginia Creeper, Blizzard Mock Orange, Pacific Ninebark, Golden Ninebark, Goldfinger Potentilla, Gold Drop Potentilla, Gold Star Potentilla, Mango Tango Potentilla, Pink Beauty Potentilla, Abbottswood Potentilla, Black Beauty Elderberry, Black Lace Elderberry, Goldmound Spiraea, White Snowberry, Indian Currant Coralberry, Hancock Coralberry, Dense Spreading Yew, Hicksii Yew, Burkwood Viburnum, Popcorn Doublefile Viburnum, Marie’s Doublefile Viburnum, Carnaval Weigela, French Lace Weigela, Dark Horse Weigela, Red Prince Weigela, Yucca

DEER RESISTANT TREES

Vine Maple, Box Elder, Paper Birch, Russian Olive, European Beech, Green Ash or White Ash, Honey Locust, Holly, Juniper, Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Pin Oak,

DEER RESISTANT VINES

Clematis and Honeysuckle