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GOT DEER?

If "hoof rats" are a problem in your yard, we carry a full line of deer and animal repellents. We suggest you try a combination of two repellents, such as a spray for taste and a pellet or powder for smell and change your recipe every 6 months. Click on links for our list of deer resistant annuals and perennials, and deer resistant shrubs and trees.

Or visit the Rutgers website at: www.rce.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/default.asp to see how each plant is rated in terms of deer resistance.

The following is a list of landscape plants listed "rarely damaged by deer" compiled with input from nursery and landscape professionals, Rutgers Co-op, Master Gardeners of NJ, and our personal experience. Realize that no plant is deer proof - But these would be some "best bets":

Deer Resistant Annuals

Common Name

  • Ageratum
    Alyssum
    Cleome
  • Convolvulus
    Dusty Miller
    Heliotrope
  • Helichrysum
    Marigolds
    Nicotiana
  • Salvia (blue)
    Snapdragon
    Vinca-periwinkle

Deer Resistant Perennials / Groundcovers

Common Name

  • Achillea
    Aconitum
    Agastache
    Ajuga
    Alcea
    Alchemilla
    Allium
    Anchusa
    Artemesia
    Aruncus
    Asarum
    Asclepias
    Astilbe
    Aubrieta
    Aurinia
    Baptisia
    Bearberry
    Brunnera
    Chelone
    Cimicifuga
    Convallaria
  • Clematis
    Coreopsis-threadleaf
    Corydalis
    Cranesbill geranium
    Crocosmia
    Dianthus
    Dicentra
    Digitalis
    Echinacea
    Echinops
    Epi medium
    Euphorbia
    Galium
    Gaillardia
    Gypsophilia
    Helleborus
    Helianthus
    Herbs-most
    Hesperis
    Hypericum
  • Iberis
    Kniphofia
    Lamium
    Leucanthemum
    Mertensia
    Monarda
    Nepeta
    Pachysandra
    Papaver-oriental
    Peony
    Perovskia
    Pulmonaria
    Rudbeckia
    Salvia
    Scabiosa
    Sedum
    Stachys
    Stokesia
    Tiarella
    Tradescantia
    Trillium

Deer Resistant Ferns

Common Name

  • Christmas
    Cinnamon
    Hayscented
  • Holly
    Japanese Painted
    New York
  • Ostrich
    Royal
    Sensitive
  • Wood

Deer Resistant Shrubs

Common Name

  • American Holly
    Andromeda
    Aucuba
    Bamboo
    Barberry
    Bayberry
    Bearberry
    Beautyberry
    Blue Mist Spirea
    Bog Rosemary
    Boxwood
    Broom
    Butterfly Bush
    Camellia
    Cherry Laurel
    Cinquefoil
  • Cotoneaster
    Daphne
    Deutzia
    Dogwood
    Dragon Lady Holly
    Dwarf Alberta Spruce
    Firethom
    Forsythia
    Gold Thread Cypress
    Grape Holly
    Heath
    Heather
    Heavenly Bamboo
    Honeysuckle
    Inkberry
    Japanese Black Pine
  • Japanese Holly
    Japanese Plum Yew
    Juniper
    Leucothoe
    Lilac
    Montgomery Spruce
    Mountain Laurel
    Mugo Pine
    Potentilla
    Privet
    Rose of Sharon
    Russian Cypress
    Smoke Bush
    Spirea
    St. John's Wort
    Summer Sweet
  • Viburnum
    Virginia Sweetspire
    Weigelia
    Witch Hazel
    Yucca

Deer Resistant Trees

Common Name

  • American Red Maple
    Colorado Spruce
    Dogwood
    Ginko
    Magnolia
  • Norway Spruce
    Oak
    Redbud
    River Birch
    Stuartia
  • Styrax
    Sugar Maple
    Sycamore
    Willow