DEER RESISTANT PLANTS
Deer in different areas have different tastes and will on occasion eat anything,
particularly if the plants are succulent and fresh from the nursery. Any plant that
has silver, felted, or aromatic foliage is worth a try. Grasses and grass-like plants
are usually not preferred. Very low plants often escape a deer’s attention, even
if they are types that they normally eat.
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Native Plant Nurseries etc.
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Plants highlighted in “bold” are the best bets.
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native
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plant
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common name
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Acer macrophyllum
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bigleaf maple
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Achillea
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yarrow
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Agastache
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anise hyssop, hummingbird mint
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Ajuga
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carpet bugle
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*
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Allium
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wild onion
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*
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Aristolochia
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Dutchman’s pipe vine
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*
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Artemisia
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California sagebrush
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*
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Asarum caudatum
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wild ginger
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Asclepias
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butterfly weed
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*
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Baccharis
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coyote brush
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Buddleia
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butterfly bush
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*
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Calycanthus
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spice bush
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Campanula
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bellflower
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*
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Carpenteria
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California anemone
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Ceratostigma
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plumbago
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Cestrum
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cestrum
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Chrysanthemum parthenium
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golden feverfew
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Cistus
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rockrose
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Clerodendrum
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cashmere bouquet
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Coprosma
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coprosma
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Dahlia
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dahlia
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Datura inoxia
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datura
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Dianella
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flax lily
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Diascia
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twinspur
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*
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Dicentra formosa
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western bleeding heart
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Digitalis
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foxglove
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Echinacea
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cone flower
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Erigeron karvinskianus
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Mexican daisy
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Euphorbia
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wood spurge
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*
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Ferns (most)
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fern
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Ficus carica
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fig
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*
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Garrya elliptica
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coast silktassel
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Grass and grass-like plants
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grasses
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Hedera
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buttercup English ivy
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Helleborus
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Corsican hellebore
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Hemerocallis
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lemon lily
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Hypericum
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St. Johnswort
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Iris (native species)
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douglas iris
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Laurus nobilis
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Grecian laurel
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Lavandula
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lavender
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Lepechinia
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pitcher sage
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