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Plants That Deer Will Not Eat (Most of the Time) Shrubs Reported Rarely Damaged

Plants That Deer Will Not Eat (Most of the Time) Shrubs Reported Rarely Damaged

that Will Not Eat (Most of the Time) Reported Rarely Damaged

Abelia (Abelia) Juniper (Juniperus spp.) Spruce (Picea glauca albertiana) Laurel (Laurus spp.) Barberry ( spp.) Leucothoe (Leuchthoe spp.) Beautyberry (Callicarpa spp.) Lilac (Syringa spp.) Bird’s Nest Spruce (Picea abies ‘Nidformis’) Loropetalum (Loropetalum) Bluebeard (Caryopteris x clandonensis) (Magnolia spp.) Boxwood (Buxus spp.) Mock (Philadelphus spp.) Butterfly Bush (Buddleia spp.) Mountain Laurel ( latifolia) Chaste Bush (Vitex) Nandina/Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.) ( aquifolium) Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) Pieris (Pieris japonica) Daphne (Daphne spp.) Poet’s Laurel (Danae racemosa) Forsythia (Forsythia spp.) Pyracantha/Firethorn (Pyracantha coccines) Fothergilla (Fothergilla) Russian Olive (Elaeaganus angustifolia) Gardenia (Gardenia) Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) Holly: Spirea (Spiraea spp.) Burford (ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’) St. Johnswort (Hypericum spp.) Carissa (l. cornuta ‘Carissa’) Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra) Chinese (l. cornuta) Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) Compacta (l. crenata ‘Compacta’) Viburnum: English (l. aquifolium) Doublefile (V. plicatum f. tomentosum) Foster (l. x attenuate ‘Foster Holly’) Judd (V. x judii) Greenleaf (l.opaca ‘Greenleaf’) Koreanspice (V. carlesii) Helleri (l. crenata ‘ Helleri’) Shasta (V. plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Shasta’) Hetzi (l. crenata ‘Hetzi’) Wax Myrtle/Bayberry (Myrica cerifera) Inkberry (l. glabra) Weigelia (Weigelia ) Japenese (l. crenata) Wisteria (Wisteria spp.) Yaupon (llex vomitoria) Witch-hazel (Hamamelis spp.)

Annuals Reported Rarely Damaged

Ageratum/Floss (ageratum Four o’clock ( jalapa) Houstonianum) Annual pinks (Dianthus spp.) Lantana (Lantana camara) Annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus) Larkspur (Consolida) Blue Daze (Evolvus ‘Blue Daze’) Marigold (Tagetes spp.) Browallia (Browallia Speciosa) Million Bells (Calibrachoa) Cockscomb (Celosia argentea) Moss (Portulaca) Coleus (Coleus) Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Cosmos (Cosmos spp.) Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens) Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria) Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) Fairy Foam Flower (Scaevola) Spider Flower (Cleome) Flowering (Nicotiana) Sweet Allysum (Lobularia maritime) Zinnia (Zinnia)

Perennials Reported Rarely Damaged

Ajuga/Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) Lavender (Lavendula spp.) Artemesia (Artemesia spp.) Lavender cotton (Santolina spp.) Basket of Gold (Alyssum saxatile) Monkshood (Aconitum spp.) Beard Tongue (Penstemon sppl.) Obedient (Physostegia virginiana) Beebalm (Monarda spp.) Ornamental Grass: Bellflower (Campanula spp.) Blue Fescue (Festuca ovina var. glauca) Bergenia (Bergenia) Fountain grass (Pennisetum spp.) Bleeding heart (Dicentra spp.) Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) Blue Star (Amsonia spp.) Silver Grass (Miscanthus spp.) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) Catmint (Nepeta spp.) (Paeonia spp.) Christmas Rose, Lenten Rose (Helleborus spp.) Periwinkle (Vinca minor, Vinca major) Clematis (Clematis spp.) Pincushion Flower (Scabiosa spp.) Columbine (Aquilegia spp.) Pinks (Dianthus) Cranesbill geranium (Geranium spp.) (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) Creeping Phlox (Phlox stolinifera) Poppy (Papaver spp.) False Indigo (Baptisia spp.) Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea) Fern: Russian Sage (Pervoskia) Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Sage (Salvia spp.) Japanese Painter Fern ((Athyrium niponicum) Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum) Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) Speedwell (Veronica spp.) Southern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum capillis) Spotted Dead Nettle (Lalmium masculatum) Foamflower (Tiarella spp.) Stokes Aster (Stokesia Laevis) Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) Sundrop (Oenopthera spp.) Foxglove ()Digitalis) Tickseed () Geum (Geum spp.) Verbena (Verbena) Heather (Calluna spp.) Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) (Iris spp.) Virginia Spiderwort(Tradescantia virginiana) Japanese Anemone (Anemone x hybrida) Yarrow (Achillea spp.) Lamb’s Ears (Stachys byzantine) (Yucca)

Source: James City County – Williamsburg Master Gardeners Susceptibility of Plants to Deer Damage - 2003

DEER – RESISTANT PERENNIALS

Astilbe Bee Balm Black-eyed Susan Blanket flower Bleeding heart Bellflower Butterfly weed Candytuft Columbine Cranesbill Evening primrose False Indigo Foam flower Foxglove Ginger Goldenrod Hellebores Japanese anemone Lamb’s ear Lily-of-the-valley Pincushion flower Primrose Purple coneflower Russian sage Spiderwort Stokes’ aster Tickseed Toadflax Thyme Yarrow Source: /Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Book of Lists

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