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13 Deer-Resistant Plants

13 Deer-Resistant Plants

A challenge many of us face is making pretty flower pots, planters and gardens from which the deer won’t eat the flowers. Deer have a wide range of plants in their diet, but there are a few that they stay away from unless the plant is outside in the middle of a brutally cold winter.

Here are 13 plants you can quite safely depend on the flowers not being eaten by the deer; I’ve tried most of them and they have been safe, a testament because three or four deer come by my house on most days:

Bleeding heart
Boxwood
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Holly
Iris
Marigold
Nasturtium
Northern red oak
Snapdragon
Spruce
Strawflower
Yucca
Zinnia

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Marianne Good Marianne G.
11:08AM PDT on May 14, 2013

Thanks.

Vita Pagh Vita P.
10:17AM PDT on Apr 28, 2013

Thanks for tips.

Debbie Fry Debbie F.
6:12AM PDT on Apr 11, 2013

I do also live in NE PA Mts. and have most of these plants. I haven't had many problems with these plants, but there is so much else here maybe they just choose the others

Nils Anders Lunde Nils Anders L.
12:08AM PDT on Apr 11, 2013

ty

Elisabeth T. Elisabeth T.
7:06AM PDT on Apr 8, 2013

Thanks for the good info..

Angela B. Angela B.
1:59PM PDT on Apr 7, 2013

Thank You :)

Jonathan Harper Jonathan H.
2:56AM PDT on Apr 7, 2013

Not a problem where I live but thanks

Nils Anders Lunde Nils Anders L.
10:00AM PDT on Apr 5, 2013

ty

Barbara D. Barbara D.
9:34AM PDT on Apr 5, 2013

In NE Pennsylvania I've learned that there's no such thing as deer resistant plants!! When they're hungry they'll eat anything!

JL A. JL A.
4:37PM PDT on Mar 20, 2013

good to know

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