Ahner's Garden and Gifts
Where it is spring all year long!
Deer Resistant Plants
Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Photo courtesy of Langeveld Bulb
Achillea 'Summer Berries'
Photo courtesy of Langeveld Bulb
Plant genera suggested by the Missouri Department of Conservation as "deer proof". Compiled from the book Gardening in Deer Country by K. Bernard and amended by observations at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Morton Arboretum.
Perennials | |||
| Achillea | Aconitum | Alchemilla | Anemone |
| Aquilegia | Arabis | Artemisia | Aruncus |
| Asclepias | Astilbe | Bergenia | Cerastium |
| Clematis | Coreopsis | Delphinium | Dicentra |
| Echinacea | Erigeron | Eupatorium | Geranium |
| Geum | Gypsophila | Helleborus | Hesperis |
| Hibiscus | Iris | Lavandula | Liatris |
| Lynchnis | Lythrum | Monarda | Paeonia |
| Papaver | Perovskia | Phlox | Potentilla |
| Rudbeckia | Salvia | Saponaria | Sedum |
| Solidago | Thalictrum | Tiarella | Tradescantia |
| Veronica | Viola | ||
Herbs | |||
| Allium | Anethum | Angelica | Artemisia |
| Borago | Foeniculum | Hyssopus | Lavandula |
| Levisticum | Marrubium | Matricaria | Melissa |
| Mentha | Nepeta | Ocimum | Origanum |
| Petroselinum | Rosmarinus | Ruta | Salvia |
| Sanguisorba | Santolina | Satureja | Stachys |
| Symphytum | Tanacetum | Teucrium | Thymus |
| Verbascum | |||
Groundcovers | |||
| Ajuga | Alchemilla | Asarum | Bergenia |
| Cerastium | Convallaria | Epimedium | Fern |
| Fragaria | Lamium | Liriope | Nepeta |
| Pulmonaria | Sedum | Viola | |
Perennial Vines | |||
| Campsis | Celastrus | Clematis | Lonicera |
