Deer Resistant Plants

The Paradise Vine climbs by twining and also uses a few sharp re-curved prickles beneath its large rich green foliage and along the large stems to help it gain a foothold on nearby objects so use caution when handling.

This is a moisture and shade loving fern and it tolerates more sun where it has a consistently moist soil. Normally growing to about 3' in height in wet soils it has been known to reach nearly 6' high.

The Ghost Fern is considered to be a hybrid of the Japanese Painted Fern and the native Southern Lady Fern. The soft silvery fronds of the Ghost Fern contrast nicely with its dark maroon nearly black midribs.

Somewhat tolerant of partly shaded conditions. This is another Aster that is native to sandy dryer upland soils and so is somewhat drought resistant once well-established. Interestingly many species of Eurybia were used ethnobotanically and as food for...

Under moist conditions it readily develops into a vigorous low groundcover and easily adapts to sunny bogs or moist shade. The Bigfoot Waterclover is nearly evergreen but goes dormant for a short period in winter or during dry periods.

George Roeding originated from seed that was said to have came to the US from Japan around 1905. This is a semi-dwarf Oleander that is suitable for large containers as well as the shrub border.

Tapioca makes a showy heat and sun loving vigorous tropical for the summer garden and in containers. The yellow eventually matures to a creamy white and the long purplish red petioles (leaf stems) add to the color show.

Good for cut arrangements. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection. An elegant addition to your yard. Plumes start mid-summer and last through winter. Drought and deer resistant.

Have a wonderfully spicy fragrance. Blooms: summer to fall. Grow 15-20'' tall. Bloom at intervals all summer - even on into fall! Hardy, healthy plants bloom in a rainbow of colors even during the hottest, driest summers.

Tiny golden-chartreuse blooms in late spring. In spring, Bonfire's emerging foliage is brilliant yellow, orange and lime; summer and fall colors are crimson and burgundy. Plant 18'' apart in full to partial sun.

The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of about three feet, with the plumes soaring above them. Outstanding as a background or as an accent plant in corners or in rock gardens.

'Fulda Glow' is an improved variety of Dragon's Blood sedum that sports attractive bronze-red foliage all season long! Place these hardy, northern, nursery-grown divisions about 1' apart.

Mixed colors only: Red, pink, white, maroon and salmon. Deer resistant. Full foliage shrub-like plants 4-8' tall. Easy to grow, needs little care. Strong, field-grown plants shipped.

It is one of the easiest perennials to grow and will thrive almost anyplace and is carefree when established. Blooms: late summer. It also never misses a year of showing off its ivory bells on 4-6' spikes.

Good for cut arrangements. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection. An elegant addition to your yard. Plumes start mid-summer and last through winter. Deer and drought resistant.

Pyrethrum extract is used to make organic insecticides with almost instant knock-down. The Painted Red Daisy can't be beaten for cutting, with elegant, frond-type foliage that shows off the brilliant blooms in June and July.

The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers. Clusters of flaring, fragrant, red flowers are held at the ends of the thick sturdy stems, above...

We tend to agree with the latter. There appears to be some confusion as to the proper botanical name for this plant in the nursery trade. Provide slightly more moisture during the growing season and keep it on the dry side during winter.

An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, and easy. Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia is a hybrid of Baptisia australis and Baptisia sphaerocarpa and was developed at the Chicago...

Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Alba that was developed by the late Rob Gardner Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and subsequently introduced by the NCBG in 2002.

They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive taproot from which to regrow...

Blackie has been a reliable and prolific flowering selection producing decent sized clusters that are always a conversation piece! Plumerias are easy to grow tropicals whose fragrant flowers are commonly used to make thethe familiar Hawaiian leis.

Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed to share our gardens. 12-18" long sturdy spikes of white pea-like blossoms contrast with the purplish black stems and are born in...

Baptisia's are durable pest and disease resistant native taprooted perennials and could be considered the Lupine for the south. A multitude of sturdy spikes filled with brilliant yellow pea-like blossoms are held above the rounded blue-green to gray-green...

Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds. Purple Smoke Baptisia can produce up to 50 of the sturdy 4'+ flowering stems once mature. Dark sturdy spikes are covered by smokey purple pea-like blossoms with a darker purple eye...

Midnight Prairiebluestm creates an upright to vase-shaped plant that blooms for an extended period in spring. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life.

Please plant responsibly as Delosperma is considered to be invasive in some regions, particularly California. Considered deer proof. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and deer resistant.