Deer Safe Plant List
Most gardeners around Douglas County are well acquainted with the frustration of spending hours planting, weeding, watering and caring for plants only to have them devoured in the night by deer. Don't get discouraged, use plants that the deer don't like. Over the past 50 years Youngs Garden has been recommending deer-resistant plants to gardeners in the Roseburg area. This is a list of gardener's favorites for a yard where deer are a problem.
Annuals • Bulbs • Grasses • Ground Covers • Herbs • Perennials • Shrubs • Trees • Vines
Annuals
Ageratum
Alyssum
Begonia
Brachyscome (Swan River Daisy)
Calendula
California Poppy
Centaurea (Bachelor Button)
Cleome
Euryops
Gazanias
Impatients
Lamium
Lantana
Larkspur (Delphinium)
Marigolds *
Mimulus
Portulaca (Moss Rose)
Potato Vine
Salvia
Scaevola
Sunflower
Verbena
Zinnias
*Safe in some yards, damaged by deer in others
Bulbs
Allium
Amaryllis belladonna (Naked Lady)
Anemone
Calla Lily
Cannas
Crocosmia
Crocus
Dahlia
Gladiolus *
Iris
Narcissus (Daffodils)
Trillium
Tulip *
*Safe in some yards, damaged by deer in others
Grasses
Blue-eyed Grass
Carex
Fescue
Fountain Grass (Pennisetum)
Miscanthus
Mondo Grass
Pampas Grass
Phormium (Flax)
Stipa (Feather Grass)
Ground Covers
Ajuga
Arabis
Blue Star Creeper
Cotoneaster
Creeping Phlox
Creeping Rosemary
Kinnikinnick
Lithodora
Pachysandra
Sedum
St. John's Wort
Sweet Woodruff
Vinca
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria)
Wintergreen
Herbs - accually repel deer
Catnip & Catmint (Nepeta)
Chives
Garlic - regular & Society
Lavender
Lemon Balm
Mint
Oregano
Rosemary
Sage (Salvia)
Thyme
Perennials
Acanthus
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agapanthus
Arabis (Rockcress)
Armeria
Artemesia - all varieties
Artichoke
Asparagus Fern
Aster
Astilbe
Bachelor Button (Centaurea)
Basket of Gold
Bee Balm (Monarda) *
Bergenia
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) *
Bleeding Heart
Campanula - all varieties
Candytuft *
Canterbury Bells
Centranthus (Jupiter's Beard)
Cerastium (Snow in Summer)
Chrysanthemum
Columbine
Coreopsis
Cranesbill Geranium
Creeping Phlox
Daisies - English, Shasta, etc.
Daylily *
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dusty Miller
Echinacea
Erigeron
Euphorbia
Fern
Forget-Me-Not
Foxglove
Gaillardia
Godetia
Gunnera
Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
Helianthemum (Sunrose)
Hellebores
Hosta
Japanese Anemone
Lavender
Liatris
Lithodora
Lobelia Cardinalis
Lupine
Lychnis
Penstemon
Peony
Poppy (Iceland & Oriental)
Potentilla
Pulmonaria
Red Hot Poker
Rosemary
Rudbeckia (Gloriosa Daisy)
Russian Sage
Sage
Salvia (Meadowsage)
Sandwort
Santolina
Saxifraga
Scabiosa
Sedum
Silene
Stachys (Lamb's Ear)
Tradescantia
Verbena
Veronica
Viola
Violet
Wallflower
Yarrow
*Safe in some yards, damaged by deer in others
Shrubs
Abelia
Aucuba
Bamboo
Barberry
Boxwood
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
Callistemon (Bottlebrush)
Ceanothus
Cistus (Rockrose)
Corokia Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster (Bearberry)
English Laurel
Escallonia
Evergreen Huckleberry
Flowering Quince
Forsythia
Germander (Teucrium)
Gooseberry
Grevillea
Heather (Calluna & Erica)
Ilex (Holly)
Juniper
Kalmia
Lavatera
Lilac
Lydia Broom
Mexican Orange
Mugo Pine
Oleander
Oregon Grape
Pieris
Potentilla
Pyracantha
Redtwig Dogwood
Rhododendrons * (Not Azaleas!)
Ribes (Currant)
Rock Daphne
Salal (Gaultherea)
Snowball Bush
Spirea
Sumach
Viburnum - all varieties
Wax Leaf Privet
Windmill Palm
Winter Daphne
Yew *
*Safe in some yards, damaged by deer in others
Trees
Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle)
Ash *
Cedar
Chamaecyparis (False Cypress)
Douglas Fir *
Fig - Edible
Filbert
Fir
Ginkgo Biloba
Japanese Maple *
Magnolia *
Mimosa (Silk Tree) *
Oak
Pine
Redwood
Smoke Tree
Spruce
Sweetgum
Vine Maple
Willow
*Safe in some yards, damaged by deer in others
Vines
Carolina Jessamine
Clematis - Evergreen
Clematis - Summer
Honeysuckle
Morning Glory
Pink Jasmine
Star Jasmine
Wisteria
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