Deer Resistant Plants
Plants listed below are considered to be deer resistant, not deer proof .
Effective spray-on products to enhance resistancy are; Liquid Fence and Deer Solution.
* Plants Father Nature has had success with.
Perennials , Bulbs
Botanical Name Common Name
Achillea spp. …………………………. Yarrow……………………………………….*
Aconitum spp.………………………... Monkshood …………………..…………….*
Agapanthus africanus .……….………Blue Lily-of-the-Nile..………………..……..*
Agave americana (POISONOUS)……Century Plant (POISONOUS) ……....……
Allium ………………………………. Lily leek ……...……………………….……..
Aquilegia spp. ….………………….... Columbine ……………….…………………..
Artemisia tridentata ……………..….. Basin Sagebrush, Big Sage ……….………
Bergenia spp. …….………………….. Berginia ……………………………….……..
Ceratostigma plumbaginoids ...........Plumbago …………………………………....
Delphinium spp. (POISONOUS) …....Larkspur (POISONOUS) ……………………
Digitalis spp. (POISONOUS) …….....Foxglove (POISONOUS) ………………... *
Ecinacea purpurea ..........................Purple cone flower ………………….……..*
Epimedium spp. ………………………Barrenwort ……………………………...…..*
Euphorbia spp. …………….….……...Euphorbia ……………………..…....………*
Gallium odoratuim ……………………Sweet woodruff …………………..…….…...*
Grasses (all ) ……….……….......…. Ornamental grasses…………....…………..*
Helleborus spp. (POISONOUS) .......Hellebore …………………………….……….
Iris spp. …………………………….. Iris ………………………………………………
Kniphofia uvaria ……….……….….….Devil's Poker, Red-hot Poker ……….………..
Lamium maculatum ……..……….….Dead nettle ………………………………...*
Lavendula …………….………….….. Lavender …………………………..………..*
Lupines spp. (POISONOUS) …….…Lupine (POISONOUS) ………………………...
Narcissus spp. (POISONOUS) …....Narcissus, Daffodil (POISONOUS) …......*
Nepeta ……………………..….… ......Catmint …………………………..…………*
Oxalis oregana ……………….…….. Oxalis, Redwood Sorrel ………………..……..
Papaver orientale…………….……….Oriental poppy ……………………..……….*
Pelargonium spp. ..………….….……Scented geranium ………………………………
Peony …………………………..… ..Peony …………….……………………………..
Prevoskia atriplicifolia ………….……Russian sage ……………………...…… ….*
Rosmarinus of ficinalis ……..……… Rosemary ………………………………………….
Rudbeckia spp. ……………..……….Cone flower …………………………………..*
Salvia spp. …………………..….… Sage …………………….……………..……..*
Santolina spp. ………….…….…… Lavender cotton ……………………………...*
Stachys byzantina ……….…….…..Lambs ear …………………….……………...*
Trillium spp. ………………….……. Trillium, Wake-robin ……………..…………..
Zantedeschia spp. ………………….Calla Lily ……………………………………….
Shrubs
Botanical Name Common Name
Berberis spp. ……………………… Common Barberry, Oregon Grape ………….*
Buddlea………………………… Butterfly bush………………………………….*
Buxus sempervirens………………..Common Boxwood …………….…………....*
Calyeanthus occidentalis ………...Western Spice Bush ……………….………..
Celastrus scandens (POISONOUS) …..American Bittersweet (POISONOUS) …….
Cotinus coggygria …………………….Smoke Tree ………………………………
Cytisus …………………………… Scotch broom …………………………….*
Daphne spp. (POISONOUS) ………Daphne (POISONOUS) ………………………
Enkianthus campanulatus ……....Redvein Enkianthus …………………………. *
Forsythia spp.……………………… Forsythia ……………………………………
Gaultheria procumbens …………...Creeping wintergreen ……………………….*
Hibiscus syriacu…………………… Rose of Sharon ………………………………..
Ilex spp. …………………………. ..Holly …………………………………………..*
Juniperus spp. ……………...……Juniper ……………………………………………*
Kalmia latifolia (POISONOUS) …………Mountain Laurel (POISONOUS) ……………
Kerria japonica …………………….. Japanese Rose ………………………………
Kolkwitzia amabilis ………………………Beauty Bush ………………………………..
Leucothoe fontanesiana ………………… Drooping Leucothoe …….……………..*
Ligustrum vulgare ………………………..European privit ………………………………
Nerium oleander (POISONOUS) ……… Oleander (POISONOUS) …………………..
Opuntia spp. ……………………….. Prickly Pear …………………………………*
Pieris japonica (POISONOUS) …… Japanese Pieris (POISONOUS) …………*
Pinus mugo …………………………. Mugo Pine ………………………………….*
Prunes caroliniana (POISONOUS) …..Carolina Cherry Laurel (POISONOUS) ………
Rhododendron spp. (POISONOUS) …...Rhododendron (POISONOUS) …………….
Rhus ovata ………………………….....Sugar Bush ………………………………….
Sambucus racemosa (POISONOUS) …Red Elderberry (POISONOUS) ………….
Syringa vulgaris ………………………. Common lilac …………….……………….*
Vitex…………………………. Chase tree……………………………………………*
Yucca spp. …………………………… ...Yucca ……………………………………….*
Trees
Botanical Name Common Name
Betula papyrifera ………………………… Paper Birch ……………………………….
Betula pendula …………………………...European White Birch ……………………..
Cederus atlantica ………………………. Atlas cedar ……………………………….*
Cornus florida ………………………….. ..Flowering Dogwood ……………………..
Cornus kousa ………………………… Kousa Dogwood ………………………….
Crataegus laevigata …………….…….. English Hawthorn …………………………...
Cryptomeria japonica ………….……… Japanese cypress …………………………*
Elaeagnus angustif…………….……….. Russian Olive ……………………………….*
Fagus sylvaica .……………….……... European Beech …………………………….
Gleditsia triacantho………….….……. Honey Locust ………………………………
Ilex spp. ……..……………………. .......Holly …………………………………………*
Juniperus spp. ……………………... Juniper ……………………..……………….*
Magnolia soulangeana ……………….. Saucer magnolia …………………………..
Picea abies ….…………………… ..Norway Spruce ……………………….……*
Picea glauca ……………....……….......Alberta Spruce ……………………..………*
Picea pungens .……………………... Colorado Blue Spruce …………………..….*
Pinus nigra ………….…………….…....Austrian Pine ………………………………..
Pinus resinosa ….…………………... Red Pine ……………………………………….
Pinus rigida ……….………………...,..Pitch Pine ………………………………………
Pinus sylvestris ……………………… Scots Pine ……………………………………*
Prunus serrulata (POISONOUS) …...Japanese Flowering Cherry (POISONOUS) …..
Robinia pseudoacacia (POISONOUS) … Black Locust (POISONOUS) …………….
Salix matsudana tortuosa ……………Corkscrew Willow ……………………………
Sassafras albidum ………………….Common Sassafras ……………………………..
Vines, Ground Covers
Botanical Name Common Name
Pachysandra procumbens ……………Spurge ……………………………………….*
Tecomaria capensis …………………..Cape Honeysuckle …………………………..
Wisteria floribunda (POISONOUS) …Japanese Wisteria (POISONOUS) ……………
Annuals
Botanical Name Common Name
Ageratum houstonianum ……………………Ageratum ………………………………*
Senicio ……………………..…. ………... ..Dusty miller …………………….………*
Nicotiana spp. …………..…………………..Flowering tobacco ………………………
Vinca Major ………………………………. Flowering vinca …………………………*
