Hollandia Nurseries Care Sheet D Deer Resistant Plants Deer, if hungry enough, can and will eat any of these plants, but they are low on their E shopping list. Generally speaking, deer avoid strong-smelling plants, like mint and lamium, and plants that are either poisonous or have silver, prickly or fuzzy leaves. Deer browsing varies from region to region, neighborhood to neighborhood, house to E house. Only you can determine through observation and trial and error what works for you. Hollandia has compiled a list based on a state study (Limited Deer Browse Damage R to Landscape Plants) and customer feedback. Plants with an asterisk (*) are the most conservative selections. If browsing is heavy, stick to them and consider installing a deer fence and using deer repellents so options are not so limited. Repellents work well, especially if rotated often so deer do not get used to the scent or taste of them.

Annuals *Aurinia s. (Basket of Gold) *Santolina (Lavender Cotton) R Ageratum Brunnera Saponaria (Soapwort) *Alyssum *Calamintha *Stachys (Lamb’s Ear) Cleome *Cerastium (Snow-in-Summer) *Teucrium (Germander) E Datura (Angel’s Trumpet) *Convallaria (Lily of the Valley) Thymus (Thyme) *Dusty Miller (Senecio) Coreopsis verticillata (Tickseed) *Tiarella (Foamflower) Flowering Vinca (Catharanthus) Crocosmia Verbascum Marigolds (Tagetes) Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) Veronica spicata (Speedwell) S Nicotiana Dictamnus albus (Gas Plant) *Vinca (Periwinkle) Lantana *Digitalis (Foxglove) Rosemary Echinops (Thistle) Shrubs & Trees I Salvia (Sage) Epimedium (Barrenwort) Amelanchier (Serviceberry) Eryngium (Sea Holly) Berberis (Barberry) Bulbs *Euphorbia (Spurge) *Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) S *Allium Foeniculum (Fennel) *Buxus (Boxwood) Colchicum *Geranium macrorhizum Calluna (Heather) *Daffodils (Cransebill) *Caryopteris (Blue Mist Shrub) Glory of Snow (Chionodoxa) *Helleborus (Lenten Rose) Chaenomeles (Flowering Quince) T Leucojum Kirengeshoma Clethra (Sweet Pepper Bush) Scilla Kniphofia (Red-hot Poker Plant) Cotinus (Smoke Bush) *Snowdrops (Galanthus) *Lamium (Dead Nettle) Cotoneaster A Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum) *Lavandula (Lavender) Enkianthus Limonium (Statice) Forsythia Perennials *Lychnis (Campion) Itea N *Most ornamental Grasses *Melissia (Lemon Balm) Kerria *Ferns *Mentha (Mint) Leucothoe *Bamboo Monarda (Bee Balm) *Picea (Spruce) Acanthus Myosotis (Forget-me-nots) *Pieris (Andromedia) T *Achillea (Yarrow) *Nepeta (Catmint) Myrica (Bayberry) Aconitum (Monkshood) *Oenothera (Evening Primrose/ Pinus (Mugo only) *Ajuga (Bugleweed) Sundrops) Salix (Willow) *Agastache *Origanum (Oregano) Spirea Alchemilla mollis (Lady’s *Pachysandra Syringa (Lilac/Use late bloomers) Mantle) Paeonia (Peony) Weigela Alyssum montanum *Perovskia (Russian Sage) Vitex (Chaste Tree) Amsonia (Blue Star) *Podophyllum (Mayapple) Angelica Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder) Aquilegia (Columbine) *Rheum (Rhubarb) *Artemisia *Ruta graveolens (Rue) Asarum (Wild Ginger) *Salvia (Sage)

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