Deer are indiscriminate grazers. They will eat a particular type of flower or vegetable, or strip new growth from one type of shrub ignoring the rest of the garden or landscape. Although deer-proof plants have not yet been discovered, the following list of plants may help to alleviate some deer problems.
Trees, Schrubs and Trees Flowers, Ferns, Herbs and Ground Covers
Clematis Lead Plant Ageratum Marguerite
Virginia Creeper Maple Algerian Ivy Marjoram
Current Natal plum Anemone Milkweed
Daphne Oak Bells of Ireland Mutlein Pink
Dusty Miller Oleander Black-eyed Susan Myrtle
Edible Fig Pomegranate Bleeding Heart Narcissus
English lavender Potentilla Calla Lily Naked Lady Lily
Euonymus Red-hot poker Canterbury bell Nodding Onion
Euryops Barberry Carpet bugle Oriental poppy
Douglas fir Redwood Chive Pasque flower
Goldenrod Rhododendron Chrysanthemum Pearly Everlasting
Hackberry Sweet gum Cone flower Peppermint
Hawthorn Walnut Coreopsis Rhubarb
Holly Wild Lilac Daffodils Rock Aster
Holly-grape Snowberry Daylily Sage, Fringed
Honeysuckle Spanish lavender English Ivy Salvia
Jasmine Spicebush Fescue grass Santolina
Jerusalem Cherry Blue spruce Daisy Fleabone Sea Pink
Juniper Star jasmine Foxglove Snowflake
Gaillardia Snow on the Mount
Grape Hyacinth Spearmint
Iceland Poppy Yellow Stonecrop
Iris Thyme
Lady Fern Yarrow
Lavender Yucca
Lily of the Nile Zinnia