Deer Resistant Plants

The following is a list of landscape plants that have been cited as deer resistant in our area. Unfortunetly, no plant is deer proof. Deer will eat anything to survive. Everyone’s situation is different — speak with one of our associates to formulate the best strategy to minimize deer damage in your landscape!

Rutgers carries many plants that are deer resistant:

Evergreen Shrubs
Boxwood Laurel
Pyracantha Holly
Juniper Pine Osmanthus Spruce

Evergreen Trees Spruce
Juniper

Flowering and Deciduous Shrubs
Barberry
Burning Bush
Butterfly Bush
Caryopteris
Clethra
Witch Hazel
Forsythia
(some) Lilac
Laurel
Nandina
Pieris
Scotch Broom
Spirea
Viburnum
Vitex
Weigelia

Flowering Trees
Redbud
Plum

Groundcovers
Bearberry
English Ivy

Groundcover Euonymus
Juniper
Liriope
Pachysandra
Vinca
Cotoneaster

Ornamental Grasses
Fountain
Heavy Metal
Maiden
Miscanthus
Pampas
Zebra

Perennials
Astilbe
Bee Balm
Bleeding Heart
Catmint
Columbine
Dead Nettle
Dianthus
Echinacea
Phlox
Lady’s Mantle
Lavender
Coreopsis
Salvia
Russian Sage
Daisy
Silvermound
Spiderwort
Veronica

Shade Trees
River Birch
Hawthorn

Unusual Plants
Blue Spruce ‘Fat Albert’
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Weeping Norway Spruce
Vines Honeysuckle