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.

105 plants · page 2 of 2

Seldom Severely Damaged33

Lyreleaf Greeneyes
Berlandiera lyrata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
48–48 in
Maltese Cross
Lychnis chalcedonica
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
20–40 in
Mist Flower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–10
Height
18–36 in
Money Plant
Lunaria annua
Seldom damaged
Type
Biennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
24–36 in
Mosquito Plant
Agastache cana
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
36–36 in
Oriental Poppy
Papaver orientale
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
24–36 in
Palmer's Penstemon
Penstemon palmeri
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Height
60–60 in
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Seldom damaged
Type
Biennial
Height
8–36 in
Perennial Salvia
Salvia nemorosa
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
18–36 in
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–48 in
Purple Sage
Salvia dorrii
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Height
36–36 in
Ribbon Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
Seldom damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
24–60 in
Rockspray Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 5–7
Height
24–36 in
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Penstemon strictus
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
36–36 in
Shiso
Perilla frutescens
Seldom damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
12–36 in
Showy Goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Height
48–48 in
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–60 in
Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–7
Height
24–36 in
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–60 in
Soapweed Yucca
Yucca glauca
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
36–54 in
Sticky Purple Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
36–36 in
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–60 in
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache rupestris
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–8
Height
36–36 in
Tiger Beardtongue
Penstemon mensarum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–36 in
Upright Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
36–36 in
Verbena
Verbena bonariensis
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 7–11
Height
24–60 in
White Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
36–60 in
White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
36–36 in
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
24–60 in
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
60–60 in
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster salicifolius
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 6–8
Height
24–36 in
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–36 in
Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
Seldom damaged
Type
Annual
Hardiness
Grown as an annual, any zone
Height
6–36 in

Occasionally Severely Damaged7

Frequently Severely Damaged5