A Recommended List of Deer - Resistant Plants Many citizens have been asking the Town about deer-resistant plants that they can use in their landscaping. The following list represents plants that deer and rabbits usually will not eat. As these animals cannot read, and don’t know any better, sometimes they just can’t resist sampling a different “flavor” from your garden. There is no guarantee that one of these plants won’t end up on the menu, but these tend to be the ones that have successfully survived, while others have become dinner. (* = denotes xeriscape plants) PERENNIALS Moonshine Yarrow Pink Yarrow Yellow Yarrow Ajuga Snow Drop Anemone Kinnikinnick Sea Pink Silver Mound Sage Japanese Painted Fern Basket of Gold Snow-in-Summer Shasta Daisy Clematis Lily-of-the-Valley Moonbeam Coreopsis Zagreb Coreopsis Black Knight Delphinium Dwarf Butterfly Blue Delphinium Dwarf Bleeding Heart Bleeding Heart Foxglove Male Fern Coneflower Cushion Spurge English Ivy Daylily Golden Tiara Hosta Blue Giant Hosta

(Achillea ‘Moonshine’) * (Achillea millefolium ‘Rosea’) * (Achillea filipendulina) * (Ajuga reptans) (Anemone sylvestris) * (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) * (Armeria maritime) * (Artemisia schmidtiana) * (Athyrium f. x niponicum ‘Pictum’) (Aurinia saxatilis) * (Cerastium tomentosum) * (Chrysanthemum maximum) * (Clematis spp.) (Convallaria majalis) (Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’) * (Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’) * (Delphinium Giant Pacific ‘Black Knight’) (Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Butterfly Compacta’) (Dicentra x ‘Luxuriant’) (Dicentra spectabilis) (Digitalis spp.) (Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Undulata Robusta’) (Echinacea purpurea) * (Euphorbia polychrome) * (Hedera helix) (Hemerocallis spp.) * (Hosta fortunei ‘Golden Tiara’) (Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’)

Frances Williams Hosta Japanese Iris German Bearded Iris Variegated Iris Siberian Iris English Lavender Blue Flax Lupine Creeping Oregon Grape Holly Peony Iceland Poppy Engleman Ivy (Virginia Creeper) Penstemon Creeping Phlox Jacob’s Ladder Mexican Hat Black Eyed Susan Silver Sage Salvia Purple Flowering Sage May Night Salvia Lavender Cotton Soapwort Gold Moss Sedum Stone crop Sedum Blue Spruce Sedum Autumn Joy Sedum Dragon’s Blood Sedum Elfin Thyme Lemon Thyme Wooly Thyme Periwinkle Hummingbird Flower

(Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’) (Iris ensata) (Iris germanica var.) * (Iris pallida ‘Variegata’) (Iris sibirica) (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’) * (Linum perenne) * (Lupinus spp.) (Mahonia repens) * (Paeonia lactiflora) (Papaver nudicaule) (Parthenocissus quinquefolia engelmannii) * (Penstemon spp.) * (Phlox subulata ) * (Polemonium caeruleum) (Ratibida columnifera ‘Red’) * (Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’) (Salvia argentea ) * (Salvia nemorosa) * (Salvia sylvestris x ‘Mainacht’) * (Santolina chamaecyphrissus ) * (Saponaria ocymoide)s * (Sedum floriferum) * (Sedum hybridum ) * (Sedum pinifolium ‘Blue Spruce’) * (Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’) * (Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’) * (Thymus spp.) (Thymus serpyllum citroides ) * (Thymus praecox pseudolanuginosu)s * (Vinca minor ‘Bowles’) (Zauschneria garrettii) *

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Feather Reed Grass Northern Sea Oats Pampas Grass Blue Fescue Blue Avena Oat Grass Blood Grass Maiden Grass Purple Maiden Grass Variegated Maiden Grass Dwarf Maiden Grass Zebra Grass Hardy Fountain Grass

(Calamagrostis arundinacea ‘Karl Foerster’) (Chasmanthium latifolium) (Erianthus ravennae) (Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ ) * (Helictotrichon sempervirens ) * (Imperata cylindrica ‘Rubra’) (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’) (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Purpurescens’) (Miscanthus sinensis variegates) (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Yaku Jima’) (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’) (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’) *

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS Tall Western Sage Mentor Barberry Red Barberry Crimson Pygmy Barberry Golden Barberry Golden Nugget Barberry Rosy Glow Barberry Green Barberry Butterfly Bush Blue Mist Spirea Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany Red Flowering Quince Fernbush Rabbitbrush Red Twig Dogwood Cardinal Dogwood Purple Smoke Tree Burning Bush Dwarf Burning Bush Apache Plume Rose-of-Sharon (Althea) St. Johnswort Cheyenne Privet Arnold Red Honeysuckle Russian Sage Potentilla Nanking Cherry Gambel Oak Alpine Current Yellow Flowering Current Pixwell Gooseberry Fragrant Sumac Gro-Low Sumac Smooth Sumac Cutleaf Sumac Three Leaf Sumac Staghorn Sumac Boulder Raspberry Anthony Waterer Spirea VanHoutte Spirea Snowberry Hancock Coral berry Chinese Lilac Korean Dwarf Lilac Miss Kim Lilac Persian Lilac Common Purple Lilac

(Artemisia tridentata ) * (Berberis x mentorensis) (Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’) (Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ ) * (Berberis thunbergii ‘Aurea’) (Berberis thunbergii ‘Monlers’) (Berberis thunbergii ‘Rosy Glow’) (Berberis thunbergii) (Buddleia davidii) (Caryopteris x clandonensis) * (Cercocarpus ledifolius) * (Chaenomeles japonica) (Chamaebatiara millefolium) * (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) * (Cornus sericea “Baileyi’) (Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’) (Cotinus coggygria) (Euonymus alatus) (Euonymus alatus ‘Compacta’) (Fallugia paradoxa) * (Hibiscus syriacus) (Hypericum kalmianum var.) * (Ligustrum vulgare ‘Cheyenne’ ) * (Lonicera tatarica ‘Arnold Red’ ) * (Perovskia artiplicifolia) * (Potentilla spp.) (Prunus tomentosa) (Quercus gambelii ) * (Ribes alpinum) (Ribes aureum) * (Ribes hirtellum pixwell) (Rhus aromatica) * (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’) * (Rhus glabra ) * (Rhus glabra ‘Laciniata’) * (Rhus trilobata) * (Rhus typhina ) * (Rubus delicious) * (Spirea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer) (Spiraea x vanhouttei ) * (Symphoricarpos albus) (Symphoricarpus x chenault ‘Hancock’ ) * (Syringa x chinensis) (Syringa meyeri) (Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’) (Syringa x persica) (Syringa vulgaris) *

Common White Lilac Korean Spice Viburnum Wayfaring Viburnum Mohican Viburnum Alleghany Viburnum

(Syringa vulgaris alba ) * (Viburnum carlesii) (Viburnum lantana ) * (Viburnum lantana ‘Mohican’) * (Viburnum x rhytidophylloides ‘Alleghany’)

BROADLEAF EVERGREENS & SPECIALITY EVERGREENS Boxwood Lilac Time Broom Minstead Broom Allgold Warminster Broom Spanish Gold Broom Moonlight Broom Holly Oregon Grape Holly Heavenly Bamboo Pyracantha Yucca

(Buxus spp.) (Cytisus x ‘Lilac Time’) * (Cytisus x ‘Minstead’ ) * (Cytisus x praecox ‘Allgold’) * (Cytisus purgan ‘Spanish Gold’) * (Cytisus scoparius ‘Moonlight’) * (Ilex x meserveae) (Mahonia aquifolium ) * (Nandina domestica) (Pyracantha spp.) (Yucca spp.) *

SPREADING JUNIPERS Armstrong Juniper Holbert Juniper Effusa Juniper Bar Harbor Juniper Blue Chip Juniper Hughes Juniper Icee Blue™ Juniper Prince of Wales Juniper Wiltoni/Blue Rug Juniper Andorra Juniper Hetz Blue Juniper Sea Green/Mint Julep™ Juniper Old Gold/Gold Coast™ Juniper Green Mound Juniper Arcadia Juniper Broadmoor Juniper Buffalo Juniper Calgary Carpet Juniper Scandia Juniper Sierra Spreader Juniper Tammy Juniper Table Top Blue Juniper Blue Star Juniper Grey Owl Juniper

(Juniperus chinensis ‘Armstrongii’) * (Juniperus chinensis ‘Holbert’) * (Juniperus communis depressa ‘Effusa)’ * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Bar Harbor’ ) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Chip’) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Hughes’ ) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Monber’ ) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Prince of Wales’) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’ ) * (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Youngstown’) * (Juniperus x media ‘Hetzii Glauca’ ) * (Juniperus x media ‘Sea Green’ ) * (Juniperus x media ‘Old Gold’ ) * (Juniperus procumbens ‘Green Mound’) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Arcadia’ ) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Broadmoor’) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Buffalo’ ) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Monna’) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Scandia’) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Sierra Spreader’ ) * (Juniperus sabina ‘Tamariscifolia’) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Table Top Blue’) * (Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’) * (Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ ) *

UPRIGHT JUNIPERS Blue Point Juniper Hetzi Upright Juniper Spartan/Spearmint Juniper One Seed Juniper Rocky Mountain Juniper Cologreen Juniper Gray Gleam Juniper Moonglow Juniper Pathfinder Juniper Wichita Blue Juniper Burk Red Cedar Skyrocket Juniper

(Juniperus chinensis ‘Blue Point’) * (Juniperus chinensis ‘Hetzi Columnaris’) * (Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’) * (Juniperus monosperma) * (Juniperus scopulorum) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Cologreen’) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Gray Gleam’) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Moonglow’) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Pathfinder’) * (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Wichita Blue’ ) * (Juniperus virginiana ‘Burkii’) * (Juniperus virginiana ‘Skyrocket’) *

EVERGREEN TREES Concolor Fir Colorado Spruce Pinyon Pine Ponderosa Pine

(Abies concolor) (Picea pungens ) * (Pinus edulis ) * (Pinus ponderosa ) *

DECIDUOUS TREES Common Hackberry Imperial Locust Shademaster Locust Skyline Locust

(Celtis occidentalis) * (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ‘Impcole’ Imperial®) * (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ‘PNI2835’ Shademaster® ) * (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ‘Skycole’ Skyline® ) *

For more information, please contact Craig Miller, Urban Forester/Horticulturalist for the Town of Parker at 303.840.9546.