Contrary to popular belief, there really is no such thing as a deer-proof plant. So, what are we to do? Fear not, for there still are plants that deer don’t particularly like. Make sure you grow some of these in your garden, and you might avoid hungry deer from destroying all your hard work.
Annuals:
- Ageratum
- Common Dill
- Snapdragon
- Spurge
- Sweet Alyssum
- Flowering Tobacco
- Scented Geranium
- Sage
- Marigold
- Nasturtium
Perennials:
- New Zealand Burr
- Bear Breeches
- Iris
- Blazing Stars
- Yarrow
- Siberian Bugloss
- Monkshood
- Bugbanes
- Harebell
- Ladybells
- Giant Hyssop
- Foxtail Lily
- Bugleweed
- Hollyhock
- Sea Holly
- Basket of Gold
- Blue Star
- Japanese Anemone
- Archangel
- Pussytoes
- Perennial Marguerite
- Columbine
- Rock Cress
- Sandwort
- Sea Thrift
- Wild Ginger
- Goatsbeard
- False Indigo
- Jupiter’s Beard
- Lily of the Valley
- Turtleheads
- Ice Plant
- Plumbago
- Shooting Star
Woody Plants:
- Japanese False Cypress
- Japanese Cedar
- Bayberry
- Spicebush
- Junipers
- Beautybush
- Sweetfern
- Boxwood
- Bearberry
- Red Buckeye
- American Holly
- Mountain Pieris
- Korean Plum Yew
- Broom
- Rose of Sharon