Deer-Resistant Flowering Perennials

Perennials grown for their flowers, all rated for how often deer damage them. Compare bloom time, height, and hardiness zone. Split into narrower lists below.

More specific collections

Columbine

Clary Sage

Autumn Sneezeweed

Small Yellow Crownbeard

You buy a perennial once and it returns from the crown each spring. There are low-upkeep options here, and most need little once they are in the ground. Many keep their leaves through winter, which holds the shape of the planting.

perennials: 1,052
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Deer-resistant perennials do not have to be colourless. These perennials flower in spring, summer and late autumn, and the last flowers are still there when the leaves start to turn. Most of the colour is white and purple.

spring: 625
summer: 668
late autumn: 282

Cranberry Bush Viburnum

American White Oak

Common Sage

Wisteria

A single group, but not a single look: the range is wide enough that no two borders need look alike. Viburnum, Quercus and Salvia have the most entries, and borders and naturalising are the commonest uses.

borders: 656
naturalising: 468