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Deer Resistant Plant Guide compiled by the professionals at Out Out Deer.  There
are plants that deer don't normally find appetizing. We refer to these
as deer resistant plants. For the most part these plants usually are
passed over.
Fawns will take a bite of many plants and spit it out if it doesn't taste right. Its irritating to you, but this is how they learn what they should eat. Kids will be kids, no matter how many legs they have. For a general rule of thumb, deer will not be attracted to certain groups of plants:
Many
people report
that the deer eat their rose bushes. The damage complaint is usually
that there will be no blooms for the season. The thorns on the new
growth parts of the stem where flowers should bloom are young and
tender.
Planting deer resistant plants is helpful. Deer in different areas seem to be attracted to different plants. This could be due to a sudden shortage of food caused by bad weather in one part of the country. It could also be caused by the different plants available in the wild from place to place they are used to eating. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a deer proof garden or landscape without a fence. Just like any starving creature, if the deer are hungry enough they will eat anything so long as it isn't poisonous to them. Good luck with your plantings. We hope this list has been of some assistance to you. 
PERENNIALS
(Botanical Name - Common Name) Achillea (Yarrow) Agastache Ajuga Mahogany Peruvian Lily Mauve Majesty PPAF Alcea (Hollyhocks) Anemone Aquilegia (Columbine) Artemesia (Wormwood) Asarum (Ginger) Asclepias tuberosa Aster Astilbe (False Spirea) Astrantia major (Masterwort) Baptisia Bergenia (Pigsqueak) Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) Calamintha Calendula officinalis Calluna (Heather) Campanula carpatica Centaurea (Bachelor's Buttons) Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago) Chrysanthemum coccineum (Painted Daisy) Cimicifuga racemosa (Bugbane) Convallaria (Lily of the Valley) Coreopsis Corydalis Crocosmia Delosperma Delphinium Dianthus Dicentra eximia Digitalis Echinacea purpurea (Coneflower) Echinops (Globe Thistle) Erica (Heath) Epimedium Eupatorium (Joe-Pye Weed) Euphorbia Eryngium (Sea Holly) Filipendula Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) Gaura Geranium (Cranesbill) Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) Habenaria radiata (Egret Flower) Helenium Hellebore Heuchera (Coral Bells) Heucherella Hibiscus Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft) Iris ensata(Japanese Iris) Iris louisiana(Louisiana Iris) Iris sibirica (Siberian) Iris (Bearded or German) Kirengeshoma palmata (Waxbells) Lamium Lavandula (Lavender) Lespedeza (Bush Clover) Leucanthemum Liatris spicata (Gayfeather) Lilium orientale Lineria (Toad Flax) Linum perenne (Flax) Liriope Lupinus Lobelia Lychnis (Rose Campion) Monarda Nepeta (Catmint) Oenothera Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy) Paeonia (Peony Bush) Paeonia (Peony Tree) Phlox divartica (Woodland Phlox, Wild Sweet William) Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox, Tall Phlox) Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox) Penstemon (Beards Tongue) Perovskia (Russian Sage) Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower) Potentilla Primula (Primrose) Pulmonaria (Lungwort, Bethlahem Sage) Rudbeckia (Blackeye Susan) Salvia (Meadow Sage) Sedum Sempervirens (Hens and Chicks) Solidago Stachys byzantinus (Lamb's Ears) Stokesia laevisStokesia laevis (Stokes Aster) Teucrium (Wall Germander) Thymus Tiarella Tradescantia (Spiderwort) Trycyrtis Verbascum Veronica latifolia Viola Yucca Vines
Clematis (Glory Bower) Gelsemium sempervirens Wisteria Ornamental
Grasses
Calamagrostis (Reed Grass) Carex (Sedge Grass) Deschampia (Tufted Hair Grass) Erianthus ravennae (Pampas Grass) Festuca (Fescue) Hakonechloa (Hakone or Japanese Forest Grass) Miscanthus (Maiden Grass, Eulalia Grass, Silvergrass) Muhlenbergia capaillarus Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) Pennisetum Phalaris arundinacea (Ribbon Grass) Ferns
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern) Athyrium niponicum (Japanese Fern) Blechnum (Deer Fern) Cyrtomium fortunei (Holly Fern) Dennstaedtia punctilobula Dryopteris erythosora (Autumn Fern) Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) Osmunda (Royal Fern) Thelypteris decursive (Beech Fern) Bulbs
Allium Calla Canna Colchicum Dahlia Fritillaria imperialis (Crown Imperial) Galanthus (Snowdrop) Hyacinthus (Hyacinth) Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil) Scilla (Squill) Shrubs
& Trees
Abelia Abies (Fir) Amelanchier (Serviceberry) Arctostaphyllos (Bearberry) Aronia abutifolia (Chokeberry) Azalea Berberis (Barberry) Betula (Birch) Buddelia Buxus Camellia Caryopteris Cedrus (Deodar Cedar) Cephalotaxus (Japanese Plum Yew) Chaenomeles (Quince) Chamaecyparis pisifera (Threadleaf Cypress) Clethera Cotinus (Smokebush) Cotoneaster Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) Cornus kousa (Korean Dogwood) Crataegus (Hawthorne) Cytisus (Broom) Daphne Elaeagnus (Autumn Olive, Russian Olive) Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) Forsythia Gaultheria Ginkgo Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon) Hypericum (St. Johnswort) Ilex crenata (Japanese Holly) Ilex glabra (Inkberry) Ilex opaca (American Holly) Juniperus chinensis (Juniper) Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) Kerria japonica (Japanese Kerria) Leucothoe fontanesiana (Drooping Leucothoe) Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum) Lonicera Magnolia (tree type - Saucer Magnolia) Magnolia (shrub type) Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grapeholly) Myrica (Bayberry) Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum) Picea (Spruce Tree) Picea (Spruce shrub) Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda) Pinus (Pine Tree) Pinus muhgo (Pine Shrub) Potentilla (Cinquefoil) Psuedotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir) Quercus (Oak) Rhododendron Rosmarinus officianalis Salix (Willow Tree) Salix (Willow Shrub) Sarcococca (Sweet Box) Spirea Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) Viburnum Vitex (Chaste Tree) Weigela |
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