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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Seldom Severely Damaged35
Large Beardtongue
Seldom damagedPenstemon grandiflorus
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 48–48 in
Leadplant
Seldom damagedAmorpha canescens
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 2–9
- Height
- 36–36 in
Lyreleaf Greeneyes
Seldom damagedBerlandiera lyrata
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–10
- Height
- 48–48 in
Maltese Cross
Seldom damagedLychnis chalcedonica
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 20–40 in
Mist Flower
Seldom damagedConoclinium coelestinum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–10
- Height
- 18–36 in
Money Plant
Seldom damagedLunaria annua
- Type
- Biennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 24–36 in
Mosquito Plant
Seldom damagedAgastache cana
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 36–36 in
Oriental Poppy
Seldom damagedPapaver orientale
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–7
- Height
- 24–36 in
Palmer's Penstemon
Seldom damagedPenstemon palmeri
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 60–60 in
Parsley
Seldom damagedPetroselinum crispum
- Type
- Biennial
- Height
- 8–36 in
Perennial Salvia
Seldom damagedSalvia nemorosa
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 18–36 in
Purple Coneflower
Seldom damagedEchinacea purpurea
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 36–48 in
Purple Sage
Seldom damagedSalvia dorrii
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 36–36 in
Ribbon Grass
Seldom damagedPhalaris arundinacea
- Type
- Ornamental grass
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9
- Height
- 24–60 in
Rockspray Cotoneaster
Seldom damagedCotoneaster horizontalis
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–7
- Height
- 24–36 in
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Seldom damagedPenstemon strictus
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–36 in
Shiso
Seldom damagedPerilla frutescens
- Type
- Annual
- Hardiness
- Grown as an annual, any zone
- Height
- 12–36 in
Showy Goldeneye
Seldom damagedHeliomeris multiflora
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 48–48 in
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Seldom damagedHypericum prolificum
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 12–60 in
Skunk Cabbage
Seldom damagedSymplocarpus foetidus
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–7
- Height
- 24–36 in
Sneezeweed
Seldom damagedHelenium autumnale
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 36–60 in
Soapweed Yucca
Seldom damagedYucca glauca
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–54 in
Sticky Purple Geranium
Seldom damagedGeranium viscosissimum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–36 in
Swamp Milkweed
Seldom damagedAsclepias incarnata
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–60 in
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Seldom damagedAgastache rupestris
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–8
- Height
- 36–36 in
Tiger Beardtongue
Seldom damagedPenstemon mensarum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–36 in
Upright Prairie Coneflower
Seldom damagedRatibida columnifera
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9
- Height
- 36–36 in
Verbena
Seldom damagedVerbena bonariensis
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 7–11
- Height
- 24–60 in
White Boltonia
Seldom damagedBoltonia asteroides
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–10
- Height
- 36–60 in
White Sagebrush
Seldom damagedArtemisia ludoviciana
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–10
- Height
- 36–36 in
White Snakeroot
Seldom damagedAgeratina altissima
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 24–60 in
Wild Bergamot
Seldom damagedMonarda fistulosa
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 60–60 in
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Seldom damagedCotoneaster salicifolius
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–8
- Height
- 24–36 in
Yarrow
Seldom damagedAchillea millefolium
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 12–36 in
Zinnia
Seldom damagedZinnia elegans
- Type
- Annual
- Hardiness
- Grown as an annual, any zone
- Height
- 6–36 in
Occasionally Severely Damaged7
Canterbury Bells
Occasionally damagedCampanula medium
- Type
- Biennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 12–36 in
Comfrey
Occasionally damagedSymphytum officinale
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 12–36 in
Garden Mum
Occasionally damagedChrysanthemum morifolium
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 12–36 in
Garden Rose
Occasionally damagedRosa spp.
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9, genus range
- Height
- 24–71 in
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Occasionally damagedLysimachia clethroides
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 24–36 in
Hardy Begonia
Occasionally damagedBegonia grandis
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–9
- Height
- 18–36 in
Smooth Hydrangea
Occasionally damagedHydrangea arborescens
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–60 in
Frequently Severely Damaged5
Cereal Rye
Frequently damagedSecale cereale
- Type
- Food plot forage
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 24–48 in
Crimson Clover
Frequently damagedTrifolium incarnatum
- Type
- Food plot forage
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 12–36 in
Forage Chicory
Frequently damagedCichorium intybus
- Type
- Food plot forage
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–48 in
Forage Oats
Frequently damagedAvena sativa
- Type
- Food plot forage
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 24–48 in
Forage Radish
Frequently damagedRaphanus sativus
- Type
- Food plot forage
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 6–36 in