Some plants are fine for years – thought for sure they were on my deer-proof list – and then all of a sudden, they decide they are tasty (like my PJM rhododendron and my sprirea). That’s maddening. I’m knocking on wood as I write this, but here are my 10 best deer proof plants – absolutely no nibbles ever!
1.Peonies
2.Daffodils
3.Wild geraniums
4.Hellebores
5.Forsythia
6.Mountain Laurel
7.Bee balm
8.Evening primrose
9.Plumeria
10.Coreopsis
The strangest thing a deer has eaten in my yard was Beard Tongue – the biological name for it is digitalis – like the heart medication. Self-medicating deer? Why can’t they eat weeds?