While we all know that deer will eat anything if they are hungry enough, there are plenty of plants they don’t generally care for. It’s entirely possible to create a deer resistant garden with trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses and perennials that will be less likely to see damage from deer browsing. The following is a list of plants in the American Beauties assortment that deer tend not to like.
Lower Midwest |
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Acer rubrum 'Autumn Flame' |
Red Maple |
Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue' |
Misty Blue White Baneberry |
Actaea rubra |
Red Baneberry |
Allium cernuum |
Nodding Onion |
Amorpha fruticosa |
False Indigo Bush |
Amsonia hubrichtii |
Threadleaf bluestar |
Andropogon gerardii |
Big Bluestem |
Anemone canadensis |
Windflower |
Aquilegia canadensis |
Wild Columbine |
Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbett' |
Wild Columbine |
Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns' |
Wild Columbine |
Aquilegia canadensis 'Pink Lanterns' |
Wild Columbine |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts' |
Common Bearberry |
Aronia melanocarpa |
Black Chokeberry |
Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' |
Black Chokeberry |
Asarum canadense |
Wild Ginger |
Asclepias incarnata |
Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' |
Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Weed |
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' |
Butterfly Weed |
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' |
Heath aster |
Aster ericoides 'Syn. Symphyotrichum ericoides' |
White Heath Aster |
Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potchke' |
New England Aster |
Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' |
New England Aster |
Aster novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome' |
Vibrant Dome New England Aster |
Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' |
Aromatic aster |
Athyrium filix-femina |
Lady Fern |
Athyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red' |
Lady Fern |
Baptisia australis |
Wild Indigo |
Baptisia minor |
Dwarf Wild Indigo |
Berlandiera lyrata |
Chocolate Flower |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
Side Oats Grama |
Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' |
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass |
Callirhoe involucrata |
Wine Cups |
Caltha palustris |
Marsh Marigold |
Calycanthus floridus |
Eastern Sweetshrub |
Campsis radicans |
Trumpet Vine |
Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb' |
Sedge |
Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme' |
Palm Sedge |
Carex pensylvanica |
Pennsylvania Sedge |
Caulophyllum thalictroides |
Blue Cohosh |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Button Bush |
Cercis canadensis |
Eastern Redbud |
Chasmanthium latifolium |
Northern Sea Oats |
Cheilanthes lanosa |
Hairy lipfern |
Chelone obliqua 'Tiny Tortuga' |
Turtlehead |
Cimicifuga racemosa |
Bugbane |
Coreopsis palmata |
Prairie Coreopsis |
Coreopsis pubescens 'Sunshine Superman' |
Star Tickseed |
Coreopsis verticillata |
Threadleaf Tickseed |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula |
Hay-scented Fern |
Dicentra cucullaria |
Dutchman's Breeches |
Dicentra eximia |
Fringed Bleeding Heart |
Diervilla lonicera |
Low Bush Honeysuckle |
Diervilla lonicera 'Copper' |
Copper Low Bush Honeysuckle |
Dodecatheon meadia |
Shooting Star |
Dryopteris filix-mas |
Male fern |
Dryopteris marginalis |
Marginal Shield Fern |
Echinacea pallida |
Pale Coneflower |
Echinacea paradoxa |
Yellow Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
Eastern Purple Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea 'Happy Star' |
Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' |
Purple coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor' |
Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star' |
Coneflower |
Eragrostis spectabilis |
Purple Lovegrass |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
Rattlesnake Master |
Eupatorium coelestinum |
Mist Flower/Hardy Ageratum |
Gaillardia aristata 'Burgundy' |
Blanketflower |
Gentiana andrewsii |
Bottle Gentian |
Geranium maculatum |
Wild Spotted Geranium |
Geranium maculatum 'Espresso' |
Cranesbill |
Hamamelis virginianum 'Harvest Moon' |
Harvest Moon Witchhazel |
Helenium flexuosum 'Tiny Dancer' |
Sneezeweed |
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Sun' |
Smooth oxeye |
Heuchera americana 'Green Spice' |
Green Spice Coral Bells |
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' |
Coral Bells |
Ilex opaca |
American Holly |
Ilex verticillata |
Winterberry |
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' |
Red Sprite Winterberry |
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' |
Winter Red Winterberry |
Iris cristata |
Dwarf Crested Iris |
Iris cristata 'Alba' |
White Crested Iris |
Iris cristata 'Tennessee White' |
White Crested Iris |
Iris virginica var. shrevei |
Blueflag Iris |
Juncus effusus |
Soft rush |
Juniperus communis 'Blueberry Delight' |
Common Juniper |
Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug' |
Blue Rug Juniper |
Juniperus virginiana |
Eastern Red Cedar |
Juniperus virginiana 'Blue Arrow' |
Red Cedar |
Juniperus virginiana 'Blue Mountain' |
Blue Mountain Juniper |
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii' |
Burkii Red Cedar |
Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca' |
Silver Eastern Redcedar |
Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Charm' |
Mountain Laurel |
Liatris spicata |
Dense Blazing Star |
Liatris spicata 'Kobold' |
Gayfeather or Blazing Star |
Lindera benzoin |
Spicebush |
Lobelia cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia siphilitica |
Great Blue Lobelia |
Lonicera sempervirens |
Trumpet Honeysuckle |
Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton' |
Trumpet honeysuckle |
Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' |
Trumpet Honeysuckle |
Lupinus perennis |
Sundial Wild Lupine |
Lythrum alatum |
Winged Loosestrife |
Matteuccia struthiopteris |
Ostrich Fern |
Monarda didyma 'Blue Stocking' |
Bee Balm |
Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' |
Bee Balm |
Monarda fistulosa |
Wild Bergamot |
Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace' |
Wild Bergamot |
Muhlenbergia capillaris |
Pink Muhlygrass |
Muhlenbergia capillaris |
Regal Mist Grass |
Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' |
Evening Primrose |
Oenothera macrocarpa 'Comanche Campfire' |
Comanche Campfire Primrose |
Oenothera speciosa |
Mexican Evening Primrose |
Opuntia santa-rita |
Santa Rita Purple Prickly Pear |
Osmunda cinnamomea |
Cinnamon Fern |
Ostrya virginiana |
Eastern Hornbeam |
Pachysandra procumbens |
Allegheny Spurge |
Packera aurea |
Golden Groundsel |
Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze' |
Cape Breeze Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum 'Haense Herms' |
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' |
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' |
Switchgrass |
Parthenium integrifolium |
Wild Quinine,American Feverfew |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
Virginia Creeper |
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' |
Tall White Beardtongue |
Phlox divaricata 'Parksville Beach' |
Woodland Phlox |
Phlox maculata 'Flower Power' |
Flower Power Summer Phlox |
Phlox maculata 'Natascha' |
Natasha Summer Phlox |
Phlox stolonifera 'Fran's Purple' |
Creeping Phlox |
Phlox subulata 'Drummond Pink' |
Creeping Phlox |
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' |
Emerald Blue Moss Phlox |
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink' |
Moss Phlox |
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' |
Obedient Plant |
Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Manners' |
Pink Manners Obedient Plant |
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' |
obedient plant |
Pinus strobus |
Eastern White Pine |
Podophyllum peltatum |
Mayapple |
Polemonium reptans |
Jacob's Ladder |
Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' |
Jacob's Ladder |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas Fern |
Porteranthus trifoliatus |
Bowman's Root |
Potentilla fruticosa 'Coronation Triumph' |
Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa 'Setting Sun' |
Setting Sun Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Quercus bicolor |
Swamp White Oak |
Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget' |
Mexican Hat Plant |
Rhus aromatica |
Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' |
Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus copallinum |
Shining Sumac |
Rhus glabra |
Smooth Sumac |
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' |
Black-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia hirta |
Black-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow' |
Prairie Glow Brown-Eyed Susan |
Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' |
Lyre-leaved Sage |
Sambucus canadensis |
American Elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis 'Adams' |
Elderberry |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues' |
Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation' |
Standing Ovation Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' |
Little Bluestem |
Scutellaria incana |
Downy Scullcap |
Scutellaria ovata |
Heart-leaved Skullcap |
Sedum ternatum 'Larinem Park' |
Whorled Stonecrop |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne' |
Blue-eyed Grass |
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' |
Goldenrod |
Sorghastrum nutans |
Indian Grass |
Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' |
Sioux Blue Indian Grass |
Spiraea alba var. latifolia |
Meadowsweet |
Spiraea tomentosa |
Steeplebush |
Sporobolis wrightii 'Windbreaker' |
Windbreaker Big Sacaton |
Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' |
Dwarf Prairie Dropseed |
Symphoricarpos albus |
Common snowberry |
Taxodium distichum |
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Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry' |
Foamflower |
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers' |
Culver's root |
Viburnum dentatum |
Southern Arrowwood |
Viburnum dentatum 'Blue Blaze' |
Arrowwood |
Viburnum rufidulum |
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum |
Viola labradorica |
Labrador Violet |
Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' |
American Wisteria |
Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon' |
American Wisteria |
Yucca filamentosa |
Adam's Needle |
Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur' |
Excalibur Adam's Needle |