Deer Resistant Plants

For those of us who live in deer habitat and try growing gardens, it's a challenge. And many places where deer live, so do elk...they can clean out a garden in no time.

Agave parryi
Item # 12753 		Agave parryi
Parry's Century Plant, Flagstaff form

each $6.99
3 to 6 plants $6.79
7 or more $6.59
Agastache cana
Item # 11820 		Agastache cana
Texas Hummingbird Mint

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59
Echinacea 'Art's Pride'
Item # 46041 		Echinacea 'Art's Pride' PP#10050
Orange Meadowbrite™ Coneflower

each $9.99
3 to 6 plants $9.79
7 or more $9.59
Achillea filipendulina 'Coronation Gold'
Item # 10015 		Achillea filipendulina 'Coronation Gold'
Coronation Gold Yarrow

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59

20% Off! $6.39
Artemisia tridentata
Item # 22690 		Artemisia tridentata
Big Sage

Each $7.99
3 to 6 $7.79
7 or more $7.59
  • Topic: Pests
  • Author: Cindy Bellinger
  • Keywords: deer, deer resistant, elk, pests, Pests, deerresistant
  • Date: August 2004

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For those of us who live in deer habitat and try growing gardens, it’s a challenge. And many places where deer live, so do elk. When these critters get hungry, well, they can clean out a garden in no time.

Hopefully, the following plants won’t be too tasty to deer. But let me know what experiences you have had with any of these, and we’ll pass them on to our readers.

Achillea (Yarrow)
Agave (Century Plant)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agastache cana (Texas Hummingbird Mint)
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Allium (Ornamental Chives)
Allysum saxatile and Annual Allysum
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)
Anemones
Anethum graveolens (Dill)
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)
Artemisia
Astilbe
Aubrietia (Rock Cress)
Berlanderia (Chocolate Flower)
Cacti
Caryopteris (Blue Mist Spirea)
Cerastium tomentosum (Snow in Summer)
Chamaebatiera millifolium (Fernbush)
Chrysothamnus (Chamisa)
Consolida ambigua (Larkspur)
Coreopsis
Cytisus purgens (Spanish Broom)
Delphinium
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Falugia (Apache Plume)
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Geraniums (Hardy Perennial Geraniums)
Helianthus (Sunflower)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket)
Iris
Lamium maculatum (Dead Nettle)
Lavandula (Lavender)
Liatris punctata (Gayfeathr)
Linaria vulgare (Toadflax)
Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion)
Menta (Mint)
Narcissus (Daffodils)
Petalostemon purpurea (Prairie Clover)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Philadelphus lewisii (Mock Orange)
Potentila fruticosa (Potentilla)
Ratibida (Prairie Coneflower)
Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan)
Silene laciniata (Mexican Catchfly)
Solidago (Goldenrod)
Sphaeralcea munroana
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s Ears)
Stachys coccinea (Hedgenettle)
Thymus (Thyme)
Vinca major
Zauschneria species (Hummingbird Trumpet)
Zinnia grandiflora
Zizophora clinopodioides (Blue Mint Bush)