Deer proof flowers
No plants are truly deer proof but there are lots of plants around and deer have their favirites! Here are some of them the deer don't prefer.
Deer-Resistant Shrubs Deer tend to eat the more tender green stems, leaves, flowers and berries on shrubs. I have no idea what these plants look like, but I found out that the ones that deer like the least are arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum), barberry (Barberis sp.), bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica), blue mist shrub (Caryopteris clandonensis), bush cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa), butterfly bush (Buddleia sp.), common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens), daphne (Daphne sp.),drooping leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana), fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica), heather (Calliuna sp.), Japanese plum yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia), John T. Morris holly (Iles x 'John T. Morris'), moonglow juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa), gardenia (Gardenia jasminoisdes), oleander (Nerium oleander) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) Deer-Resistant Plants Unless there is nothing else to eat, deer won’t eat some in particular: columbine (Aquilegia sp.), cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior), coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis), bee balm (Monarda didyma), Russian sage (Perovskia), lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina), and prickly pear (Opuntia sp.). They also don’t like the pungent marigold (Tagetes sp.), polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya), cleome (Cleome hassleriana), begonia (Begonia semperflorens), ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum), vinca (Catharanthus roseus), petunia (Petunia sp.) and zinnia (Zinnia sp.) Once again I have not heard of these plants but I hope you can find some that you like. Also, deer tend to avoid herbs because they have a strong smell and they don’t like ferns or ornamental grasses so these can be good for your deer-proof garden.
| ![]() This is a Moonglow Juniper needs only acasional watering is an evergreen conifer and can grow 20 ft high! ![]() Heres the drooping Luecothoe ![]() The purple Coneflower can be raised indoors earlyer than the growing season indors and later mover outside or grown entiarly outside! |
we have deer in are garden and caught a picture of one.


