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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.

Plants in BOLD are best bets.
native
 plant common name
*
 Acer macrophyllum bigleaf maple

Achillea yarrow

Agastache anise hyssop, hummingbird mint

Ajuga carpet bugle
*
 Allium wild onion
*
 Aristolochia Dutchman’s pipe vine
*
 Artemisia California sagebrush
*
 Asarum caudatum wild ginger

Asclepias butterfly weed
*
 Baccharis coyote brush

Buddleia butterfly bush
*
 Calycanthus spice bush

Campanula bellflower
*
 Carpenteria California anemone

Ceratostigma plumbago

Cestrum cestrum

Chrysanthemum parthenium golden feverfew

Cistus rockrose

Clerodendrum cashmere bouquet

Coprosma coprosma

Dahlia dahlia

Datura inoxia datura

Dianella flax lily

Diascia twinspur
*
 Dicentra formosa western bleeding heart

Digitalis foxglove

Echinacea cone flower

Erigeron karvinskianus Mexican daisy

Euphorbia wood spurge
*
 Ferns (most) fern

Ficus carica fig
*
 Garrya elliptica coast silktassel

Grass and grass-like plants grasses

Hedera buttercup English ivy

Helleborus Corsican hellebore

Hemerocallis lemon lily

Hypericum St. Johnswort
*
 Iris (native species) douglas iris

Laurus nobilis Grecian laurel

Lavandula lavender
*
 Lepechinia pitcher sage
*
 Lessingia filaginifolia bluff aster
*
 Lonicera hispidula v. vacillans native honeysuckle

Lonicera nitida box-leaved honeysuckle
*
 Lupinus albifrons silver bush lupine
*
 Mahonia

Melianthus major honey bush
*
 Monardella coyote mint

Nepeta catmint

Nicotiana flowering tobacco

Olea olive

Origanum oregano
*
 Oxalis oregana redwood sorrel

Pelargonium graveolens rose geranium

Perovskia Russian sage

Phlomis Jerusalem sage

Poliomintha longiflora Mexican oregano

Pulmonaria lungwort

Punica granatum ornamental pomegranate
*
 Rhus ovata sugar bush

Romneya coulteri matilija poppy

Rosmarinus rosemary

Sages: many non-natives are worth trying sage
*
 Salvia apiana white sage
*
 Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’
*
 Salvia brandegei Brandegee sage

Salvia canariensis Canary Island sage
*
 Salvia clevelandii Cleveland sage
*
 Salvia leucophylla gray sage
*
 Salvia mellifera black sage
*
 Salvia sonomensis Sonoma sage
*
 Salvia spathacea hummingbird sage

Santolina lavendar cotton

Saponaria soapwort
*
 Satureja douglasii yerba buena

Senecio dusty miller
*
 Sisyrinchium bellum blue-eyed grass

Solanum potato vine

Stachys lamb’s ears

Tagetes Mexican bush marigold

Teucrium germander

Thymus common thyme
*
 Umbellularia californica California bay
*
 Vaccinium huckleberry

Verbascum mullein

Vitex agnus-castus chaste tree
*
 Whipplea modesta modesty
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