Low-Maintenance Deer-Resistant Perennials for Containers

Low-upkeep perennials for pots that tend to escape deer damage. See mature height, bloom time, and water needs.

Coppertip

Little Jug

Rain Lily

Balloon Cotton-Bush

Perennials come back from the same roots each year, which is why borders get built from them. These perennials are the ones for pots. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Many keep their leaves through winter, which holds the shape of the planting.

perennials: 350
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

These perennials still put on a display in a pot, which is the part people expect to lose. You can find perennials here that flower in spring through to late autumn, and the final flowers carry the garden into the cold. Most of the colour is purple, white and pink.

spring: 160
summer: 248
late autumn: 107

The variety runs deeper than the type suggests: there are perennials here for borders and mass planting. Carex, Euphorbia and Thymus have the most entries.

borders: 265
mass planting: 185