Deer-resistant plants three to six feet tall

The back of a border, an informal screen, or structure in a bed that would otherwise read flat. This is also the band where browsing stops mattering as much: once the growth is above about six feet it is out of reach, so a shrub that gets through its first few years unbrowsed is usually safe from then on.

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Bearded Iris
Iris germanica
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–48 in
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Rarely damaged
Type
Groundcover
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
6–36 in
Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
24–36 in
Blue Oat Grass
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
24–36 in
Bush Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa
Rarely damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 2–7
Height
24–48 in
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–36 in
Common Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–60 in
Crown Imperial
Fritillaria imperialis
Rarely damaged
Type
Bulb
Hardiness
Zones 5–8
Height
36–48 in
Dame's Rocket
Hesperis matronalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–36 in
False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–48 in
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Rarely damaged
Type
Biennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
24–60 in
Horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
24–60 in
Japanese Blood Grass
Imperata cylindrica
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
24–48 in
Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
24–36 in
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
24–48 in
Lyme Grass
Leymus arenarius
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
24–48 in
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
24–60 in
Oriental Fountain Grass
Pennisetum orientale
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 6–9
Height
24–36 in
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–60 in
Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
24–48 in
Rose Campion
Lychnis coronaria
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
24–36 in
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Rarely damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 8–10
Height
48–60 in
Russian Sage
Salvia yangii
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
24–48 in
Small Globe Thistle
Echinops ritro
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–48 in
Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
Rarely damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
6–36 in
Snow-on-the-Mountain
Euphorbia marginata
Rarely damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
12–36 in
Sweet Box
Sarcococca hookeriana
Rarely damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 5–8
Height
48–60 in
Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–36 in
Threadleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
30–36 in
Variegated Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea 'Variegata'
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
24–48 in
Weeping Love Grass
Eragrostis curvula
Rarely damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 6–9
Height
24–60 in
Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Rarely damaged
Type
Fern
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
18–36 in

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