{"id":12240,"date":"2020-04-15T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/?p=12240"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:48:01","slug":"deer-resistant-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/deer-resistant-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer Resistant Plants in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/deer-29693-640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>There are many plants that deer don\u2019t like to eat, but there are no deer proof plants that deer will not eat. There are a few generalizations that can be made about plants that deer do not like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plants with aromatic foliage<\/li>\n<li>Plants with thorns or sharp foliage<\/li>\n<li>Toxic plants<\/li>\n<li>Fuzzy leafed plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meadows Farms does offer a deer proofing service through our Lawn Care division as well as carry many different products including organics at our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/hours-locations\/\">Garden Centers<\/a>\u00a0to deter deer. All these are a humane solution to potential deer damage.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a selection of plants that are rarely damaged or seldom severely damaged<\/p>\n<h2>Deer Resistant Trees<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Arborvitae, Green Giant<\/li>\n<li>Arborvitae, Zebrina<\/li>\n<li>Amelanchier<\/li>\n<li>Birch, River<\/li>\n<li>Beech<\/li>\n<li>Cedar, Blue Atlas &amp; Weeping<\/li>\n<li>Cherry, Flowering varieties<\/li>\n<li>Cypress, Hinoki<\/li>\n<li>Dogwood, varieties<\/li>\n<li>Gum, Sweet<\/li>\n<li>Gum, Black<\/li>\n<li>Holly, American<\/li>\n<li>Holly, Nellie Stevens<\/li>\n<li>Honey Locust<\/li>\n<li>Magnolias, Sweetbay<\/li>\n<li>Magnolia, Royal Star<\/li>\n<li>Magnolia, Saucer varieties<\/li>\n<li>Oaks, varieties<\/li>\n<li>Pine, Black<\/li>\n<li>Pine, White<\/li>\n<li>Redbud varieties<\/li>\n<li>Spruce, Colorado<\/li>\n<li>Spruce, Dwarf Alberta<\/li>\n<li>Sycamore<\/li>\n<li>Zelkova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Shrubs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Althea (Rose of Sharon)<\/li>\n<li>Barberry varieties<\/li>\n<li>Boxwood varieties<\/li>\n<li>Butterfly Bush<\/li>\n<li>Caryopteris<\/li>\n<li>Clethra<\/li>\n<li>Cotoneaster varieties<\/li>\n<li>Cypress, Goldthread<\/li>\n<li>Dogwood, Red Twig<\/li>\n<li>Forsythia<\/li>\n<li>Holly, Inkberry<\/li>\n<li>Lilac varieties<\/li>\n<li>Nandina varieties<\/li>\n<li>Pieris Japonica<\/li>\n<li>Spirea varieties<\/li>\n<li>Vitex varieties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Perennials<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Achillea<\/li>\n<li>Agastache<\/li>\n<li>Aquilegia<\/li>\n<li>Baptisia<\/li>\n<li>Coreopsis<\/li>\n<li>Dianthus<\/li>\n<li>Dicentra<\/li>\n<li>Digitalis<\/li>\n<li>Echinacea<\/li>\n<li>Eupatorium<\/li>\n<li>Euphorbia<\/li>\n<li>Ferns<\/li>\n<li>Gaillardia<\/li>\n<li>Geum<\/li>\n<li>Grasses<\/li>\n<li>Helleborus<\/li>\n<li>Heuchera<\/li>\n<li>Iris<\/li>\n<li>Lavender<\/li>\n<li>Monarda<\/li>\n<li>Nepeta<\/li>\n<li>Peony<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonaria<\/li>\n<li>Stachys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Annuals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ageratum<\/li>\n<li>Cleome<\/li>\n<li>Coleus<\/li>\n<li>Dianthus<\/li>\n<li>Dusty Miller<\/li>\n<li>Gomphrena<\/li>\n<li>Marigold<\/li>\n<li>Nicotiana<\/li>\n<li>Salvia<\/li>\n<li>Snapdragon<\/li>\n<li>Verbena<\/li>\n<li>Vinca<\/li>\n<li>Zinnia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list is hardly comprehensive, and you might experience different results. 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