Deer Resistant Perennials
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Deer can be a problem in Pittsburgh area gardens. These perennials are deer resistant, allowing you to add color and texture to your garden.
Everyone has their favorites, but we at Reilly’s have found these deer-resistant spring flowering bulbs will add color to your garden.
For more information about deer-resistant plants, visit Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station website.
| Common Name | Latin Name |
| Monkshood | Aconitum sp. |
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache sp. |
| Ornamental Onion | Allium sp. |
| Rock-Cress | Arabis caucasica |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema triphylum |
| Horseradish | Armoracia rusticana |
| Tarragon | Artemisia dracunculus |
| Silver Mound | Artemisia sp. |
| Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense |
| European Ginger | Asarum europaeum |
| Purple Rock-Cress | Aubretia deltoidea |
| Basket of Gold | Aurinia saxatilis |
| False Indigo | Baptisia australis |
| Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera) | Bruneria macrophylla |
| Threadleaf Coreopsis | Coreopsis verticillata |
| Corydalis | Corydalis sp. |
| Fringed Bleeding Heart | Dicentra eximia |
| Bleeding Heart | Dicentra spectabilis |
| Small Globe Thistle | Echinops ritro |
| Spurge | Euphorbia sp. (except Spurge ‘Chameleon’) |
| Lenten or Christmas Rose | Helleborus sp. |
| Dame’s Rocket | Hesperis matronalis |
| Hyssop | Hyssopus officinalis |
| Iris | Iris sp. (may eat buds) |
| Lavender | Lavandula sp. |
| Bigleaf Goldenray | Ligularia dentata |
| Rocket Ligularia | Ligularia ‘The Rocket’ |
| Statice | Limonium latifolium |
| Butter & Eggs | Linaria vulgaris |
| Rose Campion | Lychnis coronaria |
| Marjoram | Majorana |
| Horehound | Marrubium vulgare |
| Lemon Balm | Melissa officinalis |
| Mint | Mentha sp. |
| Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis sp. |
| Catmint | Nepeta sp. |
| Oregano | Oreganum sp. |
| Peony | Paeonia sp. (may eat buds) |
| Russian Sage | Perovskio atriplicifolia |
| Greek Jerusalem Sage | Phlomis sp. |
| May Apple | Podophyllum |
| Potentilla, Cinquefoil | Potentilla sp. |
| Lungwort | Pulmonaria sp. |
| Buttercup | Ranunculus sp. |
| Rodgers Flower | Rodgersia sp. |
| Rue | Ruta sp. |
| Garden Sage | Salvia officinalis |
| Lavender-Cotton | Santolina chamaecyparissus |
| Lamb’s Ear | Stachys byzantina |
| Common Tansy | Tanacetum vulgare |
| Germander | Teucrium Chamaedrys |
| Meadow Rue | Thalictrum sp. |
| Thyme | Thymus sp. |
| Yucca | Yucca filimentosa |