Do Deer Eat my Favorite Perennials?
Are you concerned if your geraniums, petunias, zinnias, impatiens, sunflowers, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, lilies, watermelons, mums, vincas, calla lilies, chrysanthemums, tomatoes and hostas are safe from the urban wandering deer population?
Deer Resistant Perennials
Sorry Bambi, this list of deer resistant plants has become quite popular amongst gardners. Spray other plants with deer repellent.
Sun Loving Perennials
- Achillea
- Anemone
- Artemisia
- Asclepias
- Campanula
- Campsis
- Celastrus
- Cerastium
- Clematis
- Coreopsis
- Dianthus
- Echinacea
- Erigeron
- Eupatorium
- Filipendula
- Geranium
- Helenium
- Herbs – many resistant because of high aromatic oil content
- Iris
- Leucanthemum
- Linaria
- Lychnis
- Monarda
- Nepeta
- Perovskia
- Phlox
- Peony
- Polygonum
- Potentilla
- Rudbeckia
- Salvia
- Santolina
- Saponaria
- Sedum (short species)
- Solidago
- Stachys
- Thalictrum
- Veronica
Shade Loving Perennials
- Aconitum
- Ajuga
- Alchemilla
- Aquilegia
- Asarum
- Astilbe
- Convallaria
- Digitalis
- Epimedium
- Ferns
- Galium
- Geranium
- Geum
- Helleborus
- Lamium
- Liriope
- Pachysandra
- Parthenocissus
- Polemonium
- Pulmonaria
- Sedum ternatum
- Tiarella
- Tricyrtis
- Vinca