Deer-Resistant Shrubs for Partial Shade

Shrubs for dappled light that mostly escape deer browsing. See mature size, growth rate, and hardiness zone for each one. Split into narrower lists below.

More specific collections

Cape Jasmine

Red-Barked Dogwood

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Common Lilac

A shrub holds the middle ground between a border plant and a tree, and it is the layer deer reach first. These also take partial shade. There are plants here for ground that dries out, and some of them cope with it. Most are chosen for the flowers.

shrubs: 393
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Nothing about deer-resistant shrubs is plain. You can find shrubs here that flower in spring through to late autumn, with colour running on when the rest of the garden has finished. Most of the colour is white and yellow.

spring: 268
summer: 147
late autumn: 55

Cranberry Bush Viburnum

Flowering Dogwood

Yaupon

Angel's Trumpet

A single group, but not a single look: the range leaves room for almost endless combinations in a border. Viburnum, Cornus and Ilex have the most entries, and borders and hedges are the commonest uses.

borders: 214
hedges: 182