Deer-resistant Landscape Plants After years of trial and error, Jim Calkins has come up with a list of plants that deer will generally ignore. In addition to those listed below, landscape grasses, sedges, fern allies, and ferns, especially bracken fern (pteridium aquilinum), don’t usually appeal to deer.

HERBACEOUS PLANTS/BULBS

Annuals
Ageratum
Cosmos
Heliotrope (Heliotropium)
Marigold (Tagetes)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum)
Petunia
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Perennials
Astilbe
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerrdii)
Black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Bleeding heart (Dicentra)
Bugleweed (Ajuga)
Catmint (Nepeta cataria)
Chrtsanthemun (Dendranthema)
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Coreopsis
Daffodil (Narcissus)
Dead nettle (Lamium)
False indigo (Baptisia)
Feather reed grass (Calamagrotis acutiflora)
Fleece flower (Polygonum)
Foxglove (Digitalis)
Gay feather ( Liatris)
Gloriosa daisy ( Rudbeckia hirta)
Iris
Jacob’s Ladder ( Polemonium)
lady’s mantle ( Alchemilla)
Lambs’s ears (Stachs byzantina)
Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis)
Lily of the valley (Convallaria)
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium)
Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
Maiden grass (Miscanthus)
Onion, garlic (Allium)
Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)
Peony ( Paeonia)
Prickly pear (Opuntia)
Rhubarb (Rheum)
Russian sage (Peroviskia)
Sage (Salvia)
Soap weed (Yucca elata)
Stone crop (Sedum acre)
Thyme an other herbs except basil Wild bergamot, bee balm, horsemint (Monarda)
Yarrow (Achillea)
Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum)

WOODY PLANTS

Deciduous
Barberry (Berberis)
Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
Blackberry (Rubus)
Boxwood (Buxus)
Buckeye, Horse chestnut (Aesculus)
Catalpa
Currant, Gooseberry (Ribes)
Forsythia
Holly (Ilex)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
Hop tree, water ash (Ptelea)
Lilac (Syringa)
Magnolia
Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Oregon grape (Mahonia)
Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum)
Sagebrush, Wormwood (Artemisia)
Shrubby cinquefoil (potentilla fruticosa)
Smoke tree (Cotinus)
Spirea (Spiraea)

CONIFERS

Hemlock (Tsuga)
Juniper (Juniperus)
Larch (Larix)
Spruce (Picea)