Deer-Resistant Flowering Shrubs for Full Sun

Flowering shrubs for sun that deer usually leave alone. Compare bloom time, mature size, and hardiness zone.

Chaparral

Kinnikinnik

Fragrant Tea Olive

Lavender

Flowers are what earn a plant its place, and the foliage carries it the rest of the year. These shrubs also take full sun. There are drought-tolerant plants here, and some of them take the heat once established. Most need very little after their first year.

shrubs: 362
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Nothing about deer-resistant shrubs is plain. There are shrubs flowering in spring through to late autumn, and the final flowers carry the garden into the cold. Most of the colour is white, yellow and purple.

spring: 270
summer: 173
late autumn: 58

Cranberry Bush Viburnum

Yaupon

Barberry

Bay Laurel

The breadth is the point: the range leaves room for almost endless combinations in a border. Viburnum, Ilex and Berberis have the most entries, and borders and hedges are the commonest uses.

borders: 225
hedges: 180