DEER RESISTANT ORNAMENTAL PLANTS Plants Deer Love to Eat (Avoid planting these unless you protect them.) Occasional Browsing Observed on These Plants Aucuba Hibiscus Azaleas Holly (Foster #2, East Palatka, Asiatic Lilies Hosta Clematis Savannah, Lusterleaf, Dwarf Burford) Candytuft (Iberis) Hydrangea Flowering Dogwood Camellia Indian Hawthorn Flowering Quince Red Cedar Crabapple Pansies Flowering Kale Redbud Crocus Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Gazania Stokes Aster Daylilies (prefer flowers) RosesSusan) English Ivy Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Fatsia Tulips Grape Hyacinths Violas Plants Known to Have a High Degree of Deer Tolerance Trees: shrubs continued Bald Cypress (Taxodium Most Hollies (except those Forsythia, yellowbells Vibernum (Viburnum spp.) Cherrydistichum) Laurel (Prunus Palmsabove) (Windmill & Needle Gardenia(Forsythia ( Gardeniaspp.) Winter Daphne (Daphne spp.) caroliniana) palms are hardy in N.Ga.) spp.) Crape Myrtle Pines (Pinus spp.) Heavenly Bamboo Deodar(Lagerstroemia Cedar (Cedrus indica) Red Maple (Acer rubrum ) Herbaceous(Nandina spp.) deodara) Perennials/Bulbs: False Cypress River Birch (Betula nigra ) Allium Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) (Chamaecyparis spp.) Fir (Abies spp.) Southern Magnolia Amaryllis Iris (Iris spp.) (Magnolia grandiflora ) Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba ) Spruce (Picea spp.) Beebalm (Monarda Lantana (Lantana camara ) Gordonia (Gordonia Sweetgum (Liquidambar Boltoniadidyma ) (Boltonia Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis ) lisianthus ) styraciflua ) asteroides ) Leyland Cypress (Cupressocyparis x leylandii ) Cardinal Flower Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus (Lobelia spp.) spp.) Shrubs: Catmint (Nepeta Pinks (Dianthus spp.) Anise (Illicium spp.) Holly (many species, Christmascatarina ) Fern Rosemary (Rosmarinum officinalis ) including Dwarf Yaupon, (Polystichum Japanese Holly, Rotunda, acrostichoides ) Schellings Dwarf and Inkberry [Ilex glabra ]) Banana Shrub (Michelia Japanese Rose (Kerria Cinnamon Fern Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum spp.) fuscata ) japonica ) (Osmunda cinnamomea ) Barberry (Berberis spp.) Juniper (Juniperus spp.) Coneflower (Echinacea Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea ) purpurea ) Bottlebrush Buckeye Leatherleaf Mahonia Crinum Lily Statice (Limonium latifolium ) (Aesculus parviflora ) (Mahonia bealei ) Boxwood (Buxus spp.) Oleander (Nerium oleander ) Eleagnus (Eleagnus Spirea (Spiraea spp.) pungens ) Butterfly Bush (Buddleia Ornamental grasses (many Firethorn (Pyracantha Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus ) davidii ) spp.) spp.) Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster Plum Yew (Cephalotaxus ) spp.) DEER RESISTANT ORNAMENTAL PLANTS ornamentals continued Vines/Groundcovers: Daffodils Summer Snowflake Bugleweed (Ajuga Periwinkle (Vinca minor ) (Leucojum aestivum ) spp.) Dahlia (Dahlia spp.) Wild Indigo (Baptisia spp.) Carolina Jessamine Trumpetvine (Bignonia capreolata ) (Gelsemim sempervirens ) Four O'Clocks (Mirabilis Wormwood (Artemesia Cherokee Rose (Rosa Wisteria (Wisteria spp.) jalapa ) spp.) laevigata ) Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera Yarrow (Achilea spp.) Honeysuckle (Lonicera jamesonii ) sempervirens ) Gloriosa Lily (Gloriosa superba ) Annuals: Ageratum Melampodium Alyssum Morning Glory (Ipomoea spp.) Annual Periwinkle Parsley (Petroselinum spp.) (Catharanthus alba rosea ) California Poppy Pentas (Eschscholzia californica ) Cleome Plectranthus spp. (Fuzzy leaf forms) Coreopsis Poppy (Papaver spp.) Cornflower (Cenaurea Scarlet Sage (Salvia spp.) cyanus ) Dusty Miller Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus ) Flowering Tobacco Sweet Pea (Ipomoea spp.) (Nicotiana alata ) Forget-me-not (Myosotis Verbena Gaillardiascorpioides (Gaillardia) Wax Begonia (Begonia pulchella ) semperflorens ) Lobelia (Lobelia laxiflora ) Zinnia (Zinnia elegans ) Marigold (Tagetes spp.).