Deer proof plants (Royal Horticulture Society)
 
·       Agapanthus
·       Aquilegia
·       Bamboos
·       Berberis (not purple-leaved types)
·       Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)
·       Buxus (box)
·       Chaenomeles (Japanese quince)
·       Choisya ternata
·       Cistus
·       Clematis
·       Cornus sanguinea (dogwood)
·       Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass)
·       Cotinus coggygria (not purple-leaved forms)
·       Daphne
·       Delphinium
·       Digitalis (foxglove)
·       Echinops (globe thistles)
·       Euphorbia (spurges)
·       Forsythia
·       Gaultheria shallon
·       Gooseberry
·       Helleborus (hellebores)
·       Hippophae rhamnoides
·       Hydrangea
·       Jasminum (jasmine - winter & summer types)
·       Kerria japonica
·       Kniphofia (red hot pokers)
·       Laurus nobilis (sweet bay)
·       Lavandula (lavender)
·      Leucanthemum x superbum
·       Lonicera spp. (honeysuckles)
·       Lonicera nitida
·       Lupinus (lupins)
·       Magnolia
·       Mahonia
·       Monarda didyma (bergamot)
·       Narcissus (daffodils)
·      Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
·       Nerine
·       Philadelphus (mock orange)
·       Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax)
·       Potentilla fruticosa
·      Rhododendron (deciduous azaleas)
·       Rhubarb
·       Ribes (currants)
·       Robinia pseudoacacia (false acacia)
·       Romneya coulteri (Californian poppy)
·       Rosa rugosa, R. spinosissima
·       Spiraea japonica
·       Viburnum (deciduous types)
·       Vinca major, V. minor
·       Weigela
·       Yucca

 

Deer Resistant Perennials, Bulbs and Herbs

Agave and Cactus
Anise Hyssop (Agastache)
Archange (Lamiastrum and Lamium)
Bamboo (although our deer have had a go at two of our plants!)
Bishops Hat (Epimedium)
Bears Breeches (Acanthus)
Beebalm (Monarda)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
Blue Fescue Grass
Blue Star (Amsonia)
Butterfly Flower (Asclepias)
Catmint (Nepeta)
Comfrey (Symphytum)
Daffodils (Narcissus)
False Indigo (Baptisia)
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina)
Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis)
Ferns (most, except Japanese Silver Painted)
Fountain Grass (pennisetum)
Foxglove (Digitalis)
Gas Plant (Dictamnus)
Germander (Teucrium)
Ginger (Asarum)
Goatsbeard (Aruncus)
Hardy Cyclamen
Hardy Geraniums (especially Geranium macrorrhizum)
Hyacinth
Iris (especially Bearded Iris)
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaemia triphyllum)
Lamb's Ears (Stachys lanata)
Lavender (Lavandula)
Lavender Cotton (Santolina)
Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus)
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria)
Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
Miscanthus grass
Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon)
Monkshood(Aconitum)
Mountain Balm (Calamintha)
Ornamental Onion (Allium)
Ornamental Oregano
Ornamental Rhubarb (Rheum)
Pachysandra
Pampas Grass (Cortaderia)
Peonies (Paeonia)
Periwinkle (Vinca)
Plumbago (Ceratostigma)
Rose Campion (especially Lychnis coronaria)
Rosemary
Russian Sage (Pervoskia)
Salvias and sages
Scilla
Soapwort (Saponaria)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia)
Spurge (Euphorbia)
St. John's Wort (Hypericum)
Sweet Woodruff (Asperula)
Tansy
Thyme
Tickseed (Coreopsis)
Waterlily (Colchicum)
Wormwood (artemisia)
Yarrow (Achillea)
Yucca