What are the most deer resistant plants?
24 Deer-Resistant Plants
- French Marigold (Tagetes) French marigolds come in an array of bright colors over a long season and are a mainstay of gardeners everywhere.
- Foxglove.
- Rosemary.
- Mint.
- Crape Myrtle.
- African Lily.
- Fountain Grass.
- Hens and Chicks.
What plants keep deer away?
Some deer-repelling plants with strong aromas include lavender, catmint, garlic or chives. Because they are thorny, roses are sometimes a good choice as well, but some deer find roses to be a wonderful snack.
What flowers are deer resistant in the summer?
Deer-resistant annuals: Colorful choices for sun and shade
- Flowering tobacco produces tubular blooms all summer long.
- Cannas look terrific in pots and garden beds.
- ‘Lady in Red’ salvia is one of my favorite annual salvias, though there are many to choose from.
- Pot marigolds offer deer resistance and colorful blooms.
What bushes deer won’t eat?
Attractive deer resistant plants: Rhododendrons, daffodils, Mexican sage, Lithodora and hellebores. Herbs that are too pungent for deer: Rosemary, thyme, scented geranium, lavender, salvia, tulbaghia and cat mint.
Do moth balls repel deer?
Mothballs contain naphthalene, a powerful pesticide that presents potentially serious danger to children, as well as bird, pets and wildlife. Any effectiveness as a deer repellent is short-lived, because mothballs vaporize into a toxic gas before dissipating.
What can I use to keep deer from eating my plants?
Deter Deer with Odors Deer have a very keen sense of smell, so use that as an opportunity to use it to your advantage. One effective way of keeping deer away from your garden is through the use of heavily scented products. The most popular deterrents are bars of deodorant soap.
Do deer like the smell of peppermint?
Deer don’t like mint, rosemary, cinnamon and clove. All are pungent plants that work to disguise the protected plant’s natural smell, they taste nasty to deer, and they make the diluted egg stick better. Finally, there’s the garlic that is part of the active ingredients in many commercial deer repellents.
What spices do deer hate?
Other attractive and traditional aromatic herbs that usually repel deer are lavender of all kinds (Lavandula), catnip (Nepeta), germander (Teucrium ) and lavender cotton (Santolina). For shrubs, try aromatic ones like sagebrush (Artemisia), Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica) or fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatic).