Deer Resistant Plants and Trees

Juniper ‘Sea Green’

Juniperus Chinesis ‘Sea Green’ (Sea Green Juniper) Mature size 5’x5′. Upright spreading shrub with deep green foliage holding its verdant beauty all winter. Full sun. Good for foundation, border, or informal hedge plantings. 18-24″ plant • 24-36″ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Dry Locations


Leucothoe ‘Rainbow’

Leucothoe fontanes. ‘Rainbow leucothoe’ Broadleaved evergreen shrub. Low spreading, white flowers. Reddish bark. Part shade to full shade. Space 3′ apart. Organic, acidic soil, with a high moisture content.
Deer Resistant Plants • Partially Shaded Areas


Mugo Pine

Pinus mugho pumilio. Dwarf Mugho Pine. Attractive shrubby habit 4′ high, broadly spreading branches 6′ wide and more. Ascending branchlets covered with dense dark green short needles. Slow grower. Upright branches. (Seed Grown) 15-18″ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Small or Dwarf Plants for the Border


Spruce ‘Bird’s Nest’

Picea Abies Nidiformis Bird’s Nest Spruce Short green needles on low growing, wide spreading evergreen. Sun to light shade. 3-5’x6-9′. Dwarf, very dense nest-like mass.
Deer Resistant Plants Small or Dwarf Plants for the Border


Blue Spruce ‘Montgomery’

Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’. Montgomery Blue Spruce. Very slow growing dwarf, compactly branched habit forms a symmetrical cone shape 4-6′ high, 3-4′ wide. Sharply pointed, gray-blue needles are attractive. (Grafted) 18-24″ plant • 24-36″ plant
Deer Resistant Plants


Euonymus ‘Burning Bush’

Euonymus alata ‘Compacta’ (Dwarf Burning Bush) Small, deciduous shrub,forms a flat topped mound of dense slender stems. Branches are corky with winged projections. Inconspicuous flowers are followed by a light crop of bright orange-red fruit. Dark green leaves turn a brilliant rose-red in fall. Grows to 6-8′. Can be planted in any soil however it must have full sun and good air circulation in humid areas. 24-30″ plant • 3-4′ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Colorful Autumn Foliage • Formal Clipped Hedge • Quick Growing Privacy Screens


Caryopteris ‘Blue Mist’

Caryopteris ‘Blue mist’ Blue mist spirea The low mounding habit to 4-5′ high x 5-6′ wide. Perfect as a low border plant for massing purposes and adapts well in dry, sunny spots. Hundreds of blue foot long flower spikes cover this plant in late summer. Drought tolerant and virtually maintenance free. 18-24″ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Wildlife Attraction


Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis Virginiana. Native shrub that grows 10-15′ tall, green leaves that turn bright yellow in the fall. The earliest blooming shrub, orange-yellow fragrant flowers bloom in winter. 36-42″ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Colorful Autumn Foliage • Dry Locations • Partially Shaded Areas • Clay Tolerant Plants


Forsythia ‘Lynwood Gold’

Forsythia x Intermedia ‘Lynwood Gold’ (Lynwood Gold Forsythia) Has wide arching branches with a profusion of gold- yellow blossoms on bare branched in early spring. Medium green leaves clothe the stems after the blossom period. Does well in any good, well-drained garden soil. Feed and water regularly throughout the growing season. Likes full sun. Grows 7-10′ tall and wide. 5-6′ plant
Deer Resistant Plants • Clay Tolerant Plants