Deer-Resistant Annuals for Containers in Partial Shade

Annuals for pots in partial shade that tend to escape deer damage. See height, bloom time, and water needs at a glance.

Borage

Golden Eye

Calendula

Tobacco

Annuals flower in their first year and get replanted each spring, so a bad deer season costs one summer. These are the ones for pots. There are plants here for ground that dries out, and some of them cope with it. Most are chosen for the flowers.

annuals: 65
hardiness zones: 2 to 12

These annuals still put on a display in a pot, which is the part people expect to lose. You will find annuals flowering in spring, summer and late autumn, so the colour lasts well past the first flush. Most of the colour is purple, white and pink.

spring: 28
summer: 60
late autumn: 34

The variety runs deeper than the type suggests: there are annuals here for borders and mass planting. Begonia, Dianthus and Salvia have the most entries.

borders: 55
mass planting: 37