Is White Sagebrush deer resistant?
Artemisia ludoviciana
Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
Not listed by Rutgers NJAES. Rated deer-resistant by El Paso County CSU Extension, whose list is a single category, mapped conservatively to Seldom Severely Damaged.
About White Sagebrush
Stiff, silvery-white and aromatic, a foot and a half to three feet, densely matted with fine hairs — it is the aroma that keeps deer off, and the colour holds right through a hot summer. It does not die, it escapes. White sagebrush runs from rhizomes and spreads quickly into large colonies, so it belongs on a dry bank, in a gravel garden, or in a strip where running is useful — not in among well-mannered perennials. Fertile, moist soil makes it worse rather than better: it goes leggy, flops open, and runs harder. Watch the name when you buy. The Wildflower Center lists it under white sage, prairie sage, silver sage, Louisiana sage, cudweed sagewort and silver wormwood among others, and several of those names attach to quite different plants in the trade. Buy it as Artemisia ludoviciana and nothing else.
Tolerances and uses
- Evergreen
Similar to White Sagebrush
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where White Sagebrush grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticutnative
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginianative
- Marylandnative
- Michigannative
- Wisconsinnative
- Ohionative
- Indiananative
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesotanative
- Missourinative
- North Carolinanative
- Tennesseenative
- Georgianative
- Texasnative
- Coloradonative
- Californianative
- Oregonnative
- Washingtonnative
- New Hampshirenative
- Vermontnative
- Mainenative
- Rhode Islandnative
- Delawarenative
- West Virginia
- Kentuckynative
- South Carolinanative
- Floridanative
- Alabama
- Mississippinative
- Louisiananative
- Arkansasnative
- Oklahomanative
- Kansasnative
- Nebraskanative
- Iowanative
- North Dakotanative
- South Dakotanative
- Montananative
- Wyomingnative
- Idahonative
- Utahnative
- Nevadanative
- Arizonanative
- New Mexiconative
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 46 US states in total.
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about White Sagebrush
- Is White Sagebrush deer resistant?
- White Sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does White Sagebrush grow in?
- White Sagebrush is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does White Sagebrush grow in shade?
- No. White Sagebrush wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does White Sagebrush get?
- Mature height is roughly 36–36 in. Growth rate is moderate.