Deer-resistant plants for zone 8

Zone 8 means average annual minimum temperatures of 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The lower south, Texas, and the coastal Pacific Northwest. Heat and humidity, not cold, decide what survives. Lavender and rosemary become genuinely permanent shrubs, and deer pressure is year-round rather than seasonal because there is no winter dormancy to interrupt it.

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Rose Campion
Lychnis coronaria
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
24–36 in
Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Occasionally damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
24–72 in
Rue
Ruta sp.
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Rue Anemone
Anemonella thalictroides
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
4–8 in
Russian Sage
Salvia yangii
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
24–48 in
Savory
Satureja montana
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–10
Height
6–18 in
Sea Holly
Eryngium sp.
Frequently damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
6–24 in
Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum
Occasionally damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Siberian Bugloss
Brunnera macrophylla
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–18 in
Silver Mound
Artemisia sp.
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8, genus range
Small Globe Thistle
Echinops ritro
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–48 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
Soapwort
Saponaria sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9, genus range
Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum sp.
Occasionally damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8, genus range
Speedwell
Veronica sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8, genus range
Spiderwort
Tradescantia sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Spurge
Euphorbia sp.
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Statice
Limonium latifolium
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
12–18 in
Sticky Purple Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
36–36 in
Stokes Aster
Stokesia laevis
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
12–24 in
Stonecrop
Hylotelephium spectabile
Occasionally damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
12–24 in
Strawberry
Fragaria sp.
Frequently damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9, genus range
Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
72–72 in
Sundrops
Oenothera sp.
Occasionally damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–60 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
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache rupestris
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–8
Height
36–36 in
Thyme
Thymus sp.
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9, genus range
Tiger Beardtongue
Penstemon mensarum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–36 in
Toad Lily
Tricyrtis hirta
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Trillium
Trillium sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8, genus range
Trout Lily
Erythronium sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8, genus range
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
Violets
Viola sp.
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9, genus range
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
18–24 in
White Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
36–60 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
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–36 in
Yellow Foxglove
Digitalis grandiflora
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Yellow Wax-Bells
Kirengeshoma palmata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–8
Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
Rarely damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
36–96 in

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