Bambi-plagued gardeners have more choices than they think.
Gardeners and deer are not fast friends.
The answer is yesquite a few, actually.
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Additionally, some varieties contain toxins that deer cannot tolerate.
Here are somedeer-resistant flowersthat thrive in full sun to consider planting in your garden.
They make excellent cut flowers, boon companions to pansies and violas, and show off inwindow boxesand containers.
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Plants range from six to 24 inches tall.
Upright forms work well in borders.
Use trailing types in hanging baskets and window boxes.
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Like snapdragons, they perform better before the summer burn sets in.
Poppies for sale nowadays come in pots.
Plants grow 12 to 18 inches tall.
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Sow seeds directly into the garden in early spring and again in fall.
Globe Amaranth
Like angelonia, this tidy annual blooms nonstop from spring to fall.
Rounded, cloverlike flower heads top plants from six to 24 inches tall.
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Available colors include purple, red, orange, pink, and white.
Established plants need little water, and pests seldom bother them.
Cut flowers are easy to dry and use in arrangements.
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Lantana
Lantana is something you’d want to plant, deer or no deer.
Height and spread vary by selection, but two feet tall and three feet wide are common.
This trailing plant grows six to 12 inches tall and features honey-scented white, pink, or purple blooms.
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It flowers from spring to fall, although flowers are sparser during the dog days of summer.
Shear it back by half at this time to encourage new growth and flowers.
White ‘Snow Princess’ keeps blooming even through hot summers.
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Floss Flower
This old-timey annual is one of your best sources of true blue in the garden.
It also comes in pink, purple, and white.
Plants form compact mounds six to 12 inches tall and wide, covered with fuzzy blooms resembling powder puffs.
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It prefers moist, well-drained, fertile soil.
Flowers may be pink, rose, white, or purple.
If that’s too tall, try lavender-pink ‘Senorita Rosalita’ that tops around 18 inches.
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Salvia
Salvia is a tremendously large group of plants comprising annuals and perennials.
Give these plants heat, sun, and well-drained soil.
Remove spent flowers to encourage the production of new ones.
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Coneflowers are long-blooming perennials, excellent for gardens and growing along borders.
Deadhead spent blooms to encourage a second flower showing.
Deadhead spent flowers for new blooms throughout the growing season.
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Pests rarely infect Catmint.
Cosmos
Cosmos are available in a wide range of colors.
Cosmos are adaptable to many soil conditions and attract pollinators, including birds, bees, and butterflies.
Grow these flowers in garden beds or as a border plant.
These flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees, but deer and rabbits ignore them.
This perennial features bright-colored, spiky blooms and lance-shaped foliage.
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