Deer-Resistant Annuals that Bloom All Summer

Annuals that keep flowering through summer and tend to escape deer browsing. See bloom time, height, and sun needs for each one.

Cut Leaf Cosmos

Pincushion Flower

Adderwort

Black Eyed Susan

Annuals carry a garden through its first year, before the shrubs have grown into the space. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Most need very little after their first year.

annuals: 143
hardiness zones: 2 to 12

Nothing about deer-resistant annuals is plain. You will find annuals flowering in spring, summer and late autumn, with colour running on when the rest of the garden has finished. Most of the colour is purple and white.

spring: 57
summer: 143
late autumn: 75

The breadth is the point: the range leaves room for almost endless combinations in a border. Salvia, Dianthus and Tagetes have the most entries, and borders and containers are the commonest uses.

borders: 108
containers: 95