Deer-resistant plants one to three feet tall

The middle rank, and where most of a border actually lives. This band holds nearly all the reliable aromatic perennials that carry a deer-resistant planting: catmint, lavender, salvia, russian sage, yarrow. If you are starting a bed from nothing, start here and add height behind and edging in front.

63 plants · page 1 of 2

Rarely Damaged28

Annual Vinca
Catharanthus roseus
Rarely damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
6–18 in
Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–24 in
Daffodil
Narcissus spp.
Rarely damaged
Type
Bulb
Hardiness
Zones 3–8, genus range
Height
8–18 in
Dusty Miller
Centaurea cineraria
Rarely damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
6–24 in
Garden Sage
Salvia officinalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
12–24 in
Germander
Teucrium chamaedrys
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
6–18 in
Hayscented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–24 in
Heliotrope
Heliotropium arborescens
Rarely damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
12–30 in
Hellebore
Helleborus orientalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
12–18 in
Holly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 7–10
Height
17–24 in
Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–24 in
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
18–24 in
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
12–30 in
Japanese Forest Grass
Hakonechloa macra
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
12–18 in
Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
18–24 in
Lambs Ear
Stachys byzantina
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
12–18 in
Large Blue June Grass
Koeleria glauca
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 6–8
Height
6–24 in
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
12–24 in
Lavender-Cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 6–9
Height
12–24 in
Marjoram
Origanum majorana
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 9–10
Height
12–24 in
May Apple
Podophyllum peltatum
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–18 in
New York Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–24 in
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
24–35 in
Prince of Wales Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Prince of Wales'
Rarely damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
6–18 in
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 2–10
Height
12–24 in
Siberian Bugloss
Brunnera macrophylla
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–18 in
Siberian Cypress
Microbiota decussata
Rarely damaged
Type
Groundcover
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
12–18 in
Statice
Limonium latifolium
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
12–18 in

Seldom Severely Damaged22

Occasionally Severely Damaged10