Low-Maintenance Deer-Resistant Shrubs

Shrubs that need little pruning and tend to escape deer damage. Compare mature size, growth rate, and sun needs. Split into narrower lists below.

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Shrubs give a garden its bones, and a badly browsed one stays lopsided for years. These shrubs are also the low-upkeep ones. 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.

shrubs: 334
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Nothing about deer-resistant shrubs is plain. You will find shrubs flowering in spring, summer and late autumn, and the last of them hold when most of the border has gone over. Most of the colour is white, yellow and purple.

spring: 215
summer: 146
late autumn: 62

Cranberry Bush Viburnum

Bridal Wreath

Flowering Dogwood

Common Lantana

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

borders: 183
hedges: 140