Deer-Resistant Climbing Vines

Climbers for walls, fences, and trellises that tend to escape deer damage. Check mature height, sun needs, and hardiness zone.

Common Hops

Japanese Wisteria

Pale Yellow Honeysuckle

Wisteria

Vines cover walls and pergolas fast, and the deer reach the lower growth first. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Most of them establish quickly. A vine commits you to a trellis and to a decision about how far it spreads.

vines: 93
hardiness zones: 3 to 13

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

spring: 44
summer: 47
late autumn: 26