Deer Resistant Plants
The following list of plants is derived from several different sources. Many of the plants on this list share certain characteristics, such as strong fragrance, thorns or hairy foliage, or toxicity. If you don’t see a plant on the list but it has some of those same traits you may find it to be deer resistant as well. Remember that these plants are not deer proof. If the deer in your area are hungry enough they will eat anything.
Annuals
Ageratum
Alternanthera
Alyssum
Angelonia
AntirrhinumSnapdragon
Begonia
Bidens
BrachycomeSwan River Daisy
BrugmansiaAngel’s Trumpet
CapsicumOrnamental pepper
CleomeSpider Flower
CynoglossumChinese Forget me Not
Datura
Dusty Miller
Evolvulus
GomphrenaGlobe Amaranth
HelichrysumStraw Flower
Heliotrope
HypoestesPolka Dot Plant
KochiaAnnual Burning Bush
Lantana
LimoniumStatice
Lobelia
MathiolaStock
Melampodium
MirabilisFour O’Clock
Nemesia
Nicotiana
Nirembergia
NigellaLove in a Mist
OsteospermumAfrican Daisy
Parsley
PelargoniumGeranium
Pennisetum Red Fountain Grass
Pentas
Perilla
Plectranthus
RicinusCastor Bean
Salvia
TagetesMarigold
Verbena
Vinca
Xeranthemum
Zinnia
Perennials
AchilleaYarrow
AconitumMonk’s Hood
Acorus
AgastacheHyssop
Ajuga
AlceaHollyhock
AlchemillaLady’s Mantle
AlliumOrnamental Onion
AlyssumBasket of Gold
Amsonia
Anthemis
Angelica
AquilegiaColumbine
ArabisRock Cress
ArmeriaSea Thrift
Artemisia
AsarumGinger
AsclepiasButterfly Weed’
Aster
Baptisia
Boltonia
Brunnera
Calamintha
Camassia
CampsisTrumpet Vine
CentaureaBachelors Button
CerastiumSnow in Summer
CheloneTurtlehead
CimicifugaBugbane
CirsiumSea Thistle
Clematis
ColchicumFall crocus
ConvallariaLily of the Valley
CoreopsisTickseed
Corydalis
Crocosmia
Crocus
DicentraBleeding Heart
Dianthus
DictamnusGas Plant
DigitalisFoxglove
EchinaceaPurple Coneflower
EchinopsGlobe Thistle
Epimedium
EupatoriumJoe Pye Weed
Perennials (continued)
Euphorbia
Ferns
FilipendulaQueen of the Prairie
Fritillaria
GaillardiaBlanket Flower
GalanthusSnowdrop
Geranium
Grasses
HeleniumHelen’s Flower
Hellebore
HeucheraCoral Bells
Houttuynia
HypericumSt. John’s Wort
IberisCandytuft
Iris
KniphofiaRed Hot Poker
Lamium
LamiastrumYellow Archangel
Lavender
LeucanthemumDaisy
LiatrisGay feather
Ligularia
LimoniumSea Lavender
LobeliaCardinal Flower
LoniceraHoneysuckle
LychnisMaltese Cross
LythrumLoosestrife
MacleayaPlume Poppy
MenthaMint
MonardaBee balm
MuscariGrape Hyacinth
MyosotisForger Me Not
NarcissusDaffodil
NepetaCatmint
OenotheraEvening Primrose
OpuntiaPrickly Pear Cactus
OriganumOregano
Pachysandra
PaeoniaPeony
PapaverPoppy
PerovskiaRussian Sage
PolygonatumSolomon’s Seal
PulmonariaLungwort
RudbeckiaBlack eyed Susan
SantolinaLavender Cotton
SaponariaSoapwort
SalviaMeadow Sage
SolidagoGoldenrod
StachysLamb’s Ear
TeucriumGermander
ThalictrumMeadow Rue
ThymusThyme
TiarellaFoam Flower
Perennials (continued)
VeronicaSpeedwell
VincaMyrtle
Trees and Shrubs
Abelia
AbiesFir
AcerMaples
AesculusHorse chestnut
AmelanchierServiceberry
BerberisBarberry
BetulaBirch
BuddleiaButterfly Bush
BuxusBoxwood
CallicarpaBeautyberry
CallunaHeather
Calycanthus
CaryopterisBlue mist Shrub
CelastrusBittersweet
CercisRedbud
ChaenomelesFlowering Quince
ChamaecyparisFalse Cypress
CladrastisYellowwood
ClethraSummer sweet
ComptoniaSweet fern
CornusDogwood
CotinusSmokebush
Cotoneaster
CrataegusHawthorn
Daphne
Deutzia
Euonymus alatusBurning Bush
FagusBeech
Forsythia
Hydrangea petiolarisClimbing Hydrangea
HypericumSt. John’s Wort
Ilex crenataJapanese Holly
IteaVirginia Sweet spire
Juniper
KalmiaMountain Laurel
Kerria
KoelreuteriaGolden rain Tree
KolkwitziaBeautybush
LarixLarch
Lespedeza
Leucothoe
LinderaSpicebush
LigustrumPrivet
LoniceraHoneysuckle
MahoniaGrape holly
MetasequoiaDawn Redwood
MicrobiotaRussian Cypress
Trees and Shrubs (continued)
MyricaBayberry
Parrotia
ParthenocissusVirginia Creeper
PhiladelphusMock orange
PiceaSpruce
PierisJapanese Andromeda
PinusPine
Potentilla
PyrusPear
Pyracantha
QuercusOak
Robinia
Rosa rugosa
SalixWillow
SciadopitysUmbrella Pine
SorbariaFalse Spirea
Spirea
Stewartia
Symphoricarpos
Tamarix
TiliaLinden
UlmusElm
Viburnum
Vitex
Wisteria
Yucca
Zelkova