| We live in the Monterey Bay area of California, three blocks from the bay, with mild climates, fog, lots of shade, and lots of deer. What can we plant that the deer won't eat, and is there a SAFE deer repellent? |
| There are a number of plants that deer do not necessarily like, but your mileage may vary, depending upon deer population and the competition for food. With that said, the following plants are generally left alone by deer: Agapanthus africanus Blue Lily-of-the-Nile Aloe spp. Aquilegia spp. Columbine Artemisia tridentata Arundo donax Giant Reed Delphinium spp. Larkspur Digitalis spp. (Foxglove) Echium fastuosum Pride of Madeira Helleborus spp. Iris spp. Kniphofia uvaria Devil's Poker, Red-hot Poker Leucojum spp. Snowflake Lupines spp. Narcissus spp. Nolina parryi Oxalis oregana Oxalis, Redwood Sorrel Pediocactus spp. Hedgehog Thistle Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax Romneya coulteri Matilija Poppy Rosmarinus of ficinalis Rosemary Trillium spp. Tulipa spp. Zantedeschia spp. Calla Lily Shrubs Berberis spp. Common Barberry, Buxus sempervirens Common Boxwood Calyeanthus occidentalis Western Spice Bush Celastrus scandens American Bittersweet Chamaerops humilis European Fan Palm Choisya ternata Mexican Orange Coprosma repens Mirror Shrub Cornus stolonifera Red Osier Dogwood Correa spp. Australian Fuchsia Cotinus coggygria Smoke Tree Daphne spp. Enkianthus campanulatus Redvein Enkianthus Forsythia spp. Hakea suaveolens Sweet Hakea Ilex spp. Holly Jasminum spp. Juniperus spp. Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel Kerria japonica Japanese Rose Kolkwitzia amabilis Beauty Bush Leucothoe fontanesiana Drooping Leucothoe Melianthus major Honey Bush Nerium oleander Pieris japonica Japanese Pieris Prunes caroliniana Carolina Cherry Laurel Rhododendron spp. Rhus ovata Sugar Bush Sabal blackburniana Hispaniolan Palmetto Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry Syringa vulgaris Common lilac Teucrium fruticans Germander Trees Beaucarnea recurvata Ponytail, Bottle Palm Betula papyrifera Paper Birch Betula pendula European White Birch Cordyline australis Dracaena Palm Cornus capitata Himalayan Dogwood Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood Crataegus laevigata English Hawthorn Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive Erythea armata Mexican Blue Palm Fagus sylvaica European Beech Fraxinus velutina Arizona Ash Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust Ilex spp. (except thornless) Holly Lyonothamnus floribundus Catalina Ironwood Melia azedarach China-berry Tree Myrica californica Wax Myrtle Picea abies Norway Spruce Picea glauca White Spruce Picea pungens Colorado Blue Spruce Pinus mugo Mugo Pine Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinus resinosa Red Pine Pinus rigida Pitch Pine Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry Quillaja saponaria Soapbark Tree Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust Salix matsudana tortuosa Corkscrew Willow Sassafras albidum Common Sassafras Syzygium paniculatum Australian Bush-cherry, Eugenia |
