Deer Resistance

Wolcott Garden Treasures

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Deer Resistance

Just about everybody appreciates the scenic beauty of a family of deer traversing their back yard at dawn or dusk, but not everyone loves to find their hostas or hydrangeas eaten to the ground. If you’re looking for some beautiful landscape additions that are less likely to become deer candy, consider switching to these well-known deer resistant plants. Keep in mind, however, that our local deer are rather persistent. Once they've chosen your property as a good dinner spot, they're likely to keep coming back, even if you've planted less palatable greenery.

Perennials:
Astilbe
Balloon Flower
Basket of Gold
Beebalm
Bellflower
Bleeding Heart
Blue Milk Weed
Butterfly Weed
Columbine
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Coral Bells (Heuchera)
Dead Nettle
Ferns
Forget-Me-Nots
Globe Thistle
Golden Rod
Jacob's Ladder
Lavender
Lavender Cotton
Lamb's Ear
Lily of the Valley
Lungwort
Meadowsweet
Mint
Monkshood
Myrtle
Peony
Polygonum
Primula
Plum Bago
Purple Spurge
Pinks
Poppies
Russian Sage
Speedwell
Sundrops
Tickseed
Thyme
Windflowers
Yarrow

Deer photograph (image ID 1024782) care of RAWKU5 on www.sxc.hu.

Trees & Shrubs:
Alberta Spruce
Andromeda
American Holly
Barberry
Bearberry
Beeches
Blue Mist Shrub
Blue Spruce
Black Pine
Boxwood
Broom Plant
Butterfly Bush
Chinese Juniper
Daphne
Dogwoods
Douglas Fir
Forsythia
Frasier Fir
Gold Thread Cypress
Inkberry Holly
Leucothoe
Magnolia
Mountain Laurel
Mugo Pine
Norway Spruce
Paper Birch
Pepper Bush
Potentilla Yellow
Quince
Red Pine
Spirea
Scott’s Pine
White Spruce
Willow