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DEER RESISTANT PLANTS

design a beautiful landscape filled with breathtaking blooms

and distinctive foliage in the northeast

with less worry about destructive deer.

First, what is deer candy? Deer love narrow-leaf evergreens, especially arborvitae and fir, and show a preference for hostas, daylilies, and English ivy. Deer also seem to prefer plants that have been fertilized. Which plants do deer dislike?

Not surpisingly, deer stay away from poisonous plants! Daffodils, foxgloves, and poppies are common flowers that have a toxicity that deer avoid.

Deer also turn their noses up at fragrant plants with strong scents.  Herbs such as sages, ornamental salvias, lavenders, peonies, and bearded irises are just "stinky" to deer. Would you want to eat something prickly? Neither do deer (unless they're desperate). Plants such as lamb's ear are not on their preferred menu.

Keeping in mind that the first rule in deer proofing is that there really are no deer-proof plants, here is a chart with some plants that deer rarely or seldom severely damage:

COMMON NAME

BOTANICAL NAME

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Anise

Pimpinalla anisum

Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Aster

Aster sp.

Astilbe

Astilbe sp.

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum sp.

Baby's Breath

Gypsophila sp.

Bacherlor's Buttons

Centaurea cyanus

Barberry

Berberis sp.

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

Beebalm

Monarda didyma

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia sp.

Bleeding Heart

Dicentra spectabilis

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

Blue Mist Shrub

Caryopteris clandonensis

Bluebell

Endymion sp.

Borage

Borage officinalis

Broom

Cytisus sp.

Buttercup

Ranunculus sp.

Butterfly Bush

Buddleia sp.

Cactus

Cactaceae sp.

Catmint

Nepeta sp.

Cinquefoil

Potentilla

Common Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Corydalis

Corydalis sp.

Crown Imperial, Fritilia

Fritilaria imperialis

Daffodil

Narcissus sp.

Daphne

Daphne sp.

Dusty Miller

Centaurea cineraria

Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca 'Conica'

Fern

Osmunda

Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis sp.

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Garden Sage

Salvia officinalis

Germander

Teucrium chamaedrys

Heliotrope

Heliorope arborescens

Horehound

Marrubium vulgare

Horseradish

Armoracia rusticana

Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Iris

Iris sp.

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphylum

Juniper

Juniperus

Lamb's Ear

Stachys byzantina

Lantana

Lantana sp.

Larkspur

Consolida ambigua

Lavender

Lavandula sp.

Lemon Balm

Melissa officinalis

Lenten - Christmas Rose

Helleborus sp.

Lily of the Valley

Convallaris majalis

Mint

Mentha sp.

Monkshood

Aconitum sp.

Onion

Allium sp.

Pachysandra

Pachysandra terminalis

Peony

Paeonia sp.

Pine

Pinus

Poppy

Papaver

Pot Marigold

Calendula sp.

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

Rue

Ruta sp.

Russian Sage

Perovskio atriplicifolia

Silver Mound

Artemisia sp.

Small Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

Snapdragon

Antirrhinum majus

Snowdrops

Galanthus nivalis

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Euphorbia marginata

Spider Flower

Cleome sp.

Spurge

Euphorbia sp. (except 'Chameleon')

Statice

Limonium latifolium

Strawflower

Helichrysum

Sweet Alyssum

Lobularia maritima

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Threadleaf Coreopsis

Coreopsis verticillata

Thyme

Thumus sp.

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Willows

Salix

Winer Aconite

Eranthus hyemalis

Winterberry Holly

Ilex verticillata

Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Yarrow

Achillea filipendulina

Yucca

Yucca

Zinnia

Zinnia