Big Oak Nursery’s Guide to Deer “Resistant ” Plants No plant is 100% deer proof. These are typically a last resort for deer.
Perennials In general, deer will avoid plants that are: and Bulbs • Strongly scented • Thick and leathery • Thorny (except roses) Achillea - Yarrow Miscanthus - Silvergrass Coleonema - Breath of Heaven Acorus gramineus - Dwarf Sedge Nepeta - Catmints Coprosma Agastache - Anise Hyssop Origanum - Oregano Cotoneaster Agave Pennisetum - Fountain Grass Daphne Aloe Penstemon - Beardtongue Dodonaea - Hopseed Anemone Perovskia atriplicifolia Elaeagnus - Silverberry Aquilegia - Columbine - Russian Sage Escallonia Armeria - Thrift Phormium - New Zealand Flax Feijoa sellowiana Artemesia - Mugwort Rudbeckia - Blackeyed Susan - Pineapple Guava Asclepias - Milkweed Thyme Grevillea Aster Tulbaghia violacea Heteromeles arbutifolia - Toyon - Society Garlic Campanula - Bellflower Juniperus - Junipers Santolina - Cotton Lavender Carex - Sedge Lantana Scabiosa - Pincushion Cerastium Tomentosum Lavatera - Rose Mallow - Snow in Summer Scaevola - Fan Flower Lavendula - Lavender Coreopsis - Tickseed Stachys byzantina - Lamb’s Ear Leonotis - Lion’s Ear Dicentra - Bleeding Heart Verbena Leptospermum - Teatree Dietes - Fortnight Lily Veronica - Speedwell Mahonia - Oregon Grape Echinacea - Coneflower Zantedeschia - Calla Lily Myrica californica - Wax Myrtle Erigeron - Fleabane Zauschneria - California Fuscia Myrtus communis - Myrtle Erysimum - Wallflower Nandina domestica Eschscholzia californica Shrubs - Heavenly Bamboo - California Poppy Nerium oleander - Oleander Euphorbia - Spurge Abelia Pieris - Lily of the Valley Euryops Alyogyne huegelii Plumbago Abelia- Lilac x Hibiscus grandiflora - Felicia amelloides Potentilla - Cinquefoil - Blue Marguerite Anisodontea x hypomandarum - Cape Mallow Punica granatum - Pomegranate Fennel Arctostaphylos - Manzanita Pyracantha - Firethorn Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue Berberis - Barberry Ribes - Currant Gaillardia - Blanket Flower Brugmansia - Angel Trumpet Rosmarinus - Rosemary Geranium (Cranesbill) & Pelargonium Buxus - Boxwood Salvia - Sages Sarcococca ruscifolia - Sweetbox Hemerocallis - Daylily Buddleja - Butterfly Bush Spiraea Helleborus - Lenten Rose Carpenteria californica - Bush Anemone Syringa - Lilac Iberis - Candytuft Caryopteris - Bluebeard Iris Teucrium - Germander Ceanothus - California Lilac Tibouchina urvilleana Redhot Poker Chaenomeles - Flowering Quince - Princess Flower Lamium - Dead Nettle Kniphofia - Choisya ternata Viburnum Libertia - Mexican Orange Weigela Lithodora diffusa - Lithodora Cistus - Rockrose Westringia - Coast Rosemary Continued...
Trees Ground Cover Annuals Acer - Maple and Vines Impatiens Albizia julibrissin - Silktree Basil Asian Jasmine Callistemon - Bottlebrush Begonia Bougainvillea Cedrus - Cedar Calendula Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Celtis - Hackberry - Hardy Plumbago Dahlia Cercis occidentalis - Redbud Gazania Chilopsis linearis - Desert Willow Gelsemium sempervirens Cupressus - Cypress - Carolina Jessamine Fig Hypericum - St. John’s Wort Fraxinus - Ash Jasminum polyanthum Ginkgo - Jasmine Magnolia Myoporum Melaleuca Osteospermum - African Daisy Solanum laxum - Potato Vine Olea europaea - Olive Star Jasmine Pinus - Pine Pistacia chinensis Vinca - Periwinkle - Chinese Pistache Tecoma capensis Podocarpus - Cape Honeysuckle Wisteria Quercus - Oak Rhus - Sumac Sequoia - California Redwood Yuck! I’ll go eat somewhere else!! Let’s try the neighbors!
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