Deer-Resistant Flowers for Containers in Shade

Flowers for shady pots that deer usually leave alone. See bloom time, height, and water needs for each one.

Oriental Poppy

Lilyturf

Dusty Miller

Asparagus Fern

Flowers are what earn a plant its place, and the foliage carries it the rest of the year. These are the ones for pots. Dry shade is the hardest place in the garden to plant, and a few of these manage it. Most settle in and then look after themselves.

plants: 82
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

A pot does not have to mean a plain planting. There are plants flowering in spring through to late autumn, and the final flowers carry the garden into the cold. Most of the colour is white and purple.

spring: 52
summer: 57
late autumn: 22

Perennials and ground covers fill most of the pots here, and the planting can be put together in almost endless ways. They are also used for borders and mass planting.

perennials: 79
borders: 67
mass planting: 51