Is there anything I can plant that the deer won't like?

Plants on this list are not preferred by deer. It does not mean that deer always avoid them. If other food sources are available these plants will probably be overlooked.

+: Plants w/ toxic substances
^: Aromatic Foliage
*: Produces milky substance

  • Ajuga
  • Allium ^
  • Anemone
  • Anise Hyssop (Agastache) ^
  • Artemesia, Silver Mound
  • Astilbe
  • Baby's Breath (Gypsophila)
  • Balloon Flower (Platycodon) *
  • Barrenwort (Epimedium)
  • Bell Flower (Campanula) *
  • Bergenia
  • Black Eye Susan (Rudbeckia)
  • Blazing Star (Liatris)
  • Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
  • Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris)
  • Blue Star (Amsonia)
  • Brunnera
  • Butterfly Weed (Asclepias) *
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia)
  • Catchfly (Lychnis)
  • Catmint (Nepeta) ^
  • Centurea (Perennial Bachelor's Button)
  • Clematis
  • Coral Bell (Heuchera)
  • Coreopsis
  • Dame's Rocket (Hesperis)
  • Delphinium
  • Dianthus
  • Echinacea (Coneflower)
  • Euphorbia (Cushion Spurge)
  • False Indigo (Baptisia)
  • Ferns
  • FoamFlower (Tiarella)
  • Forget Me Not (Myosotis)
  • Foxglove (Digitalis) +
  • Geranium
  • Geum (Avens)
  • Globe Thistle (Echinops)
  • Goat's Beard (Aruncus)
  • Goldenray (Ligularia)
  • Grasses, ornamental
  • Helen's Flower (Helenium)
  • Helleborus +
  • Hen-n-Chicks (Sempervirens)
  • Hibiscus
  • Ice Plant (Delosperma)
  • Iris
  • Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium)
  • Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus)
  • Knautia
  • Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla)
  • Lamb's Ear (Stachys)
  • Lamium
  • Lavender
  • Lily of the Valley (Convallaria)
  • Lilyturf (Liriope)
  • Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
  • MeadowSweet (Filipendula)
  • MeadowRue (Thalictrum)
  • Monarda (Bee Balm) ^
  • Monkshood (Acontium) +
  • Oenothera (Sundrops/Evening Primrose)
  • Peony
  • Poppy
  • Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)
  • Rhubarb +
  • Salvia, perennial
  • Sedum
  • Soapwort (Saponaria)
  • Snakeroot (Cimicifuga/Actaea)
  • Sweet Woodruff (Galium)
  • Snow in Summer (Cerastium)
  • Stoke's Aster (Stokesia)
  • Thyme ^
  • Turtlehead (Chelone)
  • Verbascum (Mullein)
  • Veronica
  • Yarrow (Achillea) ^
  • Yucca

 
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