Q&A Master Gardeners

What plants with flowers do deer actually stay away from?

While no plant is completely “deer proof,” particularly when deer densities are high, some ideas for flowering plants deer rarely damage include:

Woody Ornamentals: Boxwood, spruce

Annuals/Biennials: Ageratum, Blanket flower, Blue salvia, Cleome, Dahlia, Datura, Dusty Miller, Edging Lobelia, Forget-me-not, Four o’clock, Heliotrope, Marigold, Morning glory, Nicotiana Parsley, Polka-dot plant, Poppy, Snapdragon, Sweet alyssum,

Sweet basil, Verbena, Wax begonia, Zonalgeranium

Perennials: Amsonia, Anemones, Angelica, Astilbe, Avens, Baby’s breath, Balloon flower, Barrenwort, Basket of gold, Beebalm, Bergenia, Bleeding heart, Boltonia, Bugbane, Buttercup, Butterfly bush, Candytuft, Christmas fern, Cinnamon fern, Cinquefoil, Clematis, Columbine, Coreopsis, Crown imperial, Daffodil, Dead nettle,Evening primrose,False indigo, Feverfew, Forget-me-not, Garlicchives,Gasplant,Globethistle, Goldenrod, Hay-scented fern, Heath, Heather, Hellebore, Hungarian speedwell,Interrupted fern,Jack-inthe-pulpit, Japanese pachysandra, Joe pyeweed, Kirengeshoma, Labradorviolet,Lamb’sear,Lavender, Lily-of-the-valley, Lupine, Lungwort, Mint, Mullein, New York fern, Oregano,Ornamentalonion,Ostrich fern,Oriental poppy,Partridgeberry, Pennyroyal, Perennial blue flax, Plumbago, Primrose, Purple coneflower, Queen-of-the-prairie,

Ribbon grass, Royal fern, Sage, Scilla,Shastadaisy,Spikegayfeather, Statice, Sundrops, Sweet Cicely, SweetWilliam,Sweetwoodruff,Tiger lily, Turtlehead, Tussock bellflower, Wisteria,Wormwood,Yarrow -CCELivingstonCounty https://ccelivingstoncounty.org/ gardening/deer-resistant-plants

By Fifi Rodriguez

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