DEER RESISTANT PLANTS CAMOUFLAGE GARDENING

This list is divided into 2 sections: Barrier plants- strongly aromatic plants that create an invisible barrier for your garden. Rarely eaten plants- plants that have a bitter taste or strange texture to deer.

*Create a scent barrier for your gardens by using lots (70%) of plants from the Barrier list. These plants are strongly aromatic. Use them throughout your garden.

*Add plants from the Rarely Eaten list. This causes further confusion to deer. These plants have a bitter taste, coarse texture or milky sap. They are rarely eaten by deer. Use these plants throughout your garden.

Barrier Plants Artemisia frigida, Fringed Sage Perennial Artemisia ludoviciana, Silver King/Queen Prairie Sage Perennial Artemisia filifolia, Silver Sagebrush Deciduous shrub Monarda fistulosa, Bee Balm Perennial Nepeta grandiflora, ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Catmint Perennial Nepeta subsessilis,Catmint Perennial Nepeta sibirica, Siberian Catmint Perennial Matricaria tecutita, German Chamomile Annual Helichrysum angustifolium, Curry Plant Perennial Tagetes lemmonii, Copper Canyon Daisy Annual Fallopia paradoxia, Apache Plume Deciduous Shrub Anthemis tinctoria, Golden Marguerite Daisy Perennial Tanacetum parthenium, Feverfew Perennial Dictamnus albus, Gas Plant Annual Pelargonium, Scented Geranium Annual Teucreum canadense, Germander Perennial Teucreum chamaedrys, Germander Perennial Agastache, Hyssop Perennial Lantana Annual Lavender angustifolia, English Lavender Perennial Lavender stoechas, Spanish Lavender Annual Origanum vulgare, Golden Oregano Annual Vinca rosea, Periwinkle Annual Rosemary officinalis, Rosemary Annual Ruta graveolens, Rue Perennial Salvia sclarea, Clary Sage Annual Salvia officialis, Garden Sage Perennial Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ Annual Salvia guaranitica, Majestic Sage Annual Thymus vulgaris, Common Thyme Perennial Thymus serphyllum, Mother of Thyme Perennial Thymus pseudolanuginous, Woolly Thyme Perennial Verbena bipinnatifida, Wild Verbena Perennial Achillea ptarmica, Dwarf Yarrow Perennial Achillea millefolium, Moonshine Yarrow, Paprika Yarrow Perennial

Rarely Eaten Plants Fallugia paradoxia, Apache Plume Deciduous shrub Artemisia, Silver Brocade Perennial Artemisia, Seafoam Perennial Artemisia, Silver Mound Perennial Barberry, ‘Aurea’, ‘Crimson Pygmy’, ‘Rosy Glow’ Deciduous shrub Broom, Cystus ‘Moonlight’, ‘Warminster Evergreeen shrub Cosmos Annual Feverfew Daisy, Tanacetum parthenium Biennial Snow Daisy, Tanacetum niveum Perennial Datura ‘Purple Petticoat’ Annual Dusty Miller Annual Globe Thistle, Echinops Perennial Foxglove Biennial Scented Geranium Annual Germander, Teucreum Perennial Goldenrod, Solidago Perennial Ornamental Grasses Big Blue Stem Blue Fescue Indian Grass Blue Oat Grass Feather Reed Grass Switch Grass Little Blue Stem Perennial Maiden Grass Northern Sea Oats Fountain Grass Hardy Pampas Grass Sideoats Grama Tufted Hair Grass Pink Crystals Ruby Grass Annual Purple Fountain Grass Annual Ornamental Horehound Perennial Hyssop, Agastache Perennial Iris Perennial Jerusalem Sage Perennial Lamb’s ear Perennial Lantana Annual Oregano Annual & Perennial Periwinkle Annual Poppy, Oriental Perennial Sweet Potato Vine Annual Red Hot Poker Perennial Black Eyed Susan Perennial Salvia nemorosa, Garden Sage Perennial Blue Mist Spirea Deciduous shrub Spirea Deciduous shrub Thyme Perennial Mullen, Verbascum Perennial Verbena Canadensis, Homestead Purple Perennial Yarrow Perennial

Additional Notes: • When a deer’s sense of smell is confused, it will generally leave the area. If several senses are involved (taste, smell), it will leave more quickly. • Until trees are mature, surround them with a wire cage so that tender new growth is not browsed. A wire cage also prevents marking of the trunks by bucks, especially in winter. • Spray all emerging and recently purchased plants with a deer repellant spray for at least 3 weeks. Change sprays from year to year if the one you’re using becomes less effective. • Plant all plants in soil amended with compost and if fertilizing, use organic or slow release fertilizers only occasionally. Constant fertilization produces lush growth that is very tasty to deer.