DISCLAIMER: KEEP IN MIND THAT UNDER HARSH CONDITIONS WHERE FOOD SOURCES ARE SCARCE DEER MAY EAT A PLANT NOT TYPICALLY PART OF THEIR REGULAR DIET. WE RECOMMEND USING A DEER REPELLENT, ORGANIC OPTIONS AVAILABLE, TO HELP KEEP THESE ANIMALS AWAY FROM YOUR GARDENS.
TREES
Catalpa (Indian Bean Tree)
Cornus Kousa (Korean Dogwood)
Fagus (European Beech)
Ginkgo Biloba
Pinus (Some species of pines)
Thuja plicata (Western Arborvitae)
Tsuga (Hemlock)
SHRUBS/BUSHES
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
Buxus (Boxwood)
Chamaecyperis (False Cypress)
Cornus (Red Twig Dogwood)
Cotinus (Smokebush)
Deutzia
Enkianthus (Redvein Enkianthus)
Forsythia
Juniperus (Juniper)
Myrica (Bayberry)
Parthenocissus (Virginia Creeper)
Pieris (Andromeda)
Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
Rosa Rugosa (Sea Roses)
Spirea (Meadowsweet/Steeplebush)
Syringa (Lilac)
Viburnum (European Cranberry Bush) -some varieties
Weigela
Wisteria
PERENNIALS
Achillea (Yarrow)
Artemisia (Silver Mound)
Aruncus (Goat's Beard)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Aster
Astilbe (False Goat's Beard)
Campanula (Bell Flower)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Delphinium (Larkspur)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Geranium (Cranesbill)
Ornamental Grasses
Helleborus (Lenten Rose)
Iris
Lamium (Dead-nettle)
Lavendula (Lavender) - helps to repel deer
Lupinus (Lupine)
Monarda didyma (Bee-Balm)
Nepeta (Cat Mint) - helps to repel deer
Penstemon (Beards Tongue)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Rudbeckia (Black Eye Susan)
Salvia (Garden Sage)
Thymus (Thyme)
PLANTS THAT ATTRACT DEER
TREES
Aesculus (Horse chestnut)
Magnolia
Malus (Apple/Ornamental Flowering Crabapple)
Taxus (Yew)
Thuja (Arborvitae)
SHRUBS/BUSHES
Euonymus
Hydrangea
Ilex (Holly)
Kalmia (Mountain Laurel)
Rhododendron (especially PJM, Nova Zembla)
Rosa (most varieties of rose)
PERENNIALS
Clematis
Hosta (Plantain Lily)
Lilium (Lilies)
Peony
Phlox (Creeping or Tall Garden Varieties)
Sedum (Stonecrop)
