Deer-Resistant Trees

Trees for shade, screening, and structure, all rated for how often deer damage them. Filter by height, growth rate, and hardiness zone. Split into narrower lists below.

More specific collections

A garden tree is judged on its shape: the outline, the shade it throws and the place it holds. 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. Deer strip bark as well as shoots, and a wound in the bark is an opening for disease.

trees: 339
hardiness zones: 3 to 12
mature height: 13 to 80 ft (4 to 24 m)

Nothing about deer-resistant trees is plain. These trees flower in spring, summer and late autumn, and the display outlasts the season. Most of the colour is yellow, white and purple.

spring: 214
summer: 84
late autumn: 31

A single group, but not a single look: there are trees here for specimen planting and woodland edges. They run from small garden trees to large shade trees, so the scale of the planting is there to choose. Pinus, Quercus and Cornus have the most entries.

specimen planting: 181
woodland edges: 142