Deer-Resistant Shrubs for Privacy

Shrubs that make a dense screen and tend to escape deer damage. See mature size, growth rate, and hardiness zone.

Persian Lilac

American Dogwood

Assam Tea

Bay Laurel

Shrubs carry the structure of a garden, and deer browsing them takes next year's shape as well as this year's flowers. These shrubs are the ones for screening. There are fast growers here if you need the screen up in a season or two. Most keep their leaves through winter, which holds the shape of the planting.

shrubs: 122
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Nothing about a screen full of deer-resistant shrubs is plain. You can find shrubs here that flower in spring, summer and late autumn, so there is colour well into the cold. Most of the colour is white, yellow and pink.

spring: 99
summer: 41
late autumn: 18