Deer Resistant Plants
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The following is a list of landscape plants that have been cited as deer resistant in our area. Unfortunetly, no plant is deer proof. Deer will eat anything to survive. Everyone’s situation is different — speak with one of our associates to formulate the best strategy to minimize deer damage in your landscape!
Rutgers carries many plants that are deer resistant:
| Evergreen Shrubs | ||
| Boxwood | ||
| Laurel | ||
| Pyracantha | ||
| Holly | ||
| Juniper | ||
| Pine | ||
| Osmanthus | ||
| Spruce | ||
| Evergreen Trees | ||
| Spruce | ||
| Juniper | ||
| Flowering and Deciduous Shrubs | ||
| Barberry | ||
| Burning Bush | ||
| Butterfly Bush | ||
| Caryopteris | ||
| Clethra | ||
| Witch Hazel | ||
| Forsythia | ||
| (some) Lilac | ||
| Laurel | ||
| Nandina | ||
| Pieris | ||
| Scotch Broom | ||
| Spirea | ||
| Viburnum | ||
| Vitex | ||
| Weigelia | ||
| Flowering Trees | ||
| Redbud | ||
| Plum | ||
| Groundcovers | ||
| Bearberry | ||
| English Ivy | ||
| Groundcover Euonymus | ||
| Juniper | ||
| Liriope | ||
| Pachysandra | ||
| Vinca | ||
| Cotoneaster | ||
| Ornamental Grasses | ||
| Fountain | ||
| Heavy Metal | ||
| Maiden | ||
| Miscanthus | ||
| Pampas | ||
| Zebra | ||
| Perennials | ||
| Astilbe | ||
| Bee Balm | ||
| Bleeding Heart | ||
| Catmint | ||
| Columbine | ||
| Dead Nettle | ||
| Dianthus | ||
| Echinacea | ||
| Phlox | ||
| Lady’s Mantle | ||
| Lavender | ||
| Coreopsis | ||
| Salvia | ||
| Russian Sage | ||
| Daisy | ||
| Silvermound | ||
| Spiderwort | ||
| Veronica | ||
| Shade Trees | ||
| River Birch | ||
| Hawthorn | ||
| Unusual Plants | ||
| Blue Spruce ‘Fat Albert’ | ||
| Bottlebrush Buckeye | ||
| Weeping Norway Spruce | ||
| Vines | ||
| Honeysuckle | ||