It happens too often: passionate gardeners eagerly anticipate the annual blooming of their favorite perennials only to painfully discover that one of those four-legged creatures has made it into a tasty salad. We know your pain, so have some advice on deer deterrents and deer-resistant plants.

Barb’s Tips

Deer Resistant Perennials at RLG

Note: Deer-resistant doesn’t mean deer-proof. Short of a shotgun, some of the RLG staff members’ recommendations for combating those always hungry deer are: deer deterrents (Bobbex, Deer Defeat, Deer Out, and Deer Stopper are our favorites), motion detecting water sprayers, netting, and inexpensive fencing.

• Achillea (Yarrow)
• Aconitum (Monkshood)
• Allium
• Amsonia
• Anise Hyssop
• Aquilegia (Columbine)
• Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
• Astilbe
• Baptisia
• Bergenia
• Brunnera
• Dianthus
• Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Helenium
• Heliopsis
• Helleborus
• Lavender
• Monarda (Bee Balm)
• Peony
• Perovskia (Russian Sage)
• Pulmonaria
• Rudbeckia
• Salvia