{"id":5281,"date":"2013-12-01T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2013-08-20T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T17:10:07","slug":"landscape-shrubs-rarely-damaged-by-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/12\/01\/landscape-shrubs-rarely-damaged-by-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscape Shrubs Rarely Damaged By Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cryptomeria 'Elegans Nana'<\/p><\/div>

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Deer Resistant 'Vanhouette' Spirea<\/p><\/div>
\nDeer will eat or nibble on any landscape plant, particularly when they’re starving. Abnormally high deer populations, starved by a shortage of their favorite foods (mast), will feed or browse on almost any plant. This is a survival reaction. To truly protect plants when deer numbers are unusually high, a tall fence or reinforced netting may be your best options. Other preventatives include installing electrified fencing and spraying with commercially available repellents. <\/p>\n

Deer do not read plant lists that they\u2019re should not eat. The list below includes landscape shrubs that deer seem to bother less than most. The list is a compilation from wildlife experts in the eastern U.S. It does not include every landscape shrub reported and some potentially invasive species have been edited out.<\/p>\n

Deer species and numbers vary across this big country. A deer\u2019s food palate may differ from one region to another. It also depends on how hungry the deer in an area may be. Obviously, you should not be inviting deer by planting shrubs that are their dining favorites, such as yews (Taxus spp.<\/em>), arborvitae (Thuja spp.<\/em>), hemlock (Tsuga spp<\/em>.), rhododendron, azalea, burning bush (Euonymus alata<\/em>), and several others.<\/p>\n

Some native shrubs such as bottlebrush buckeye, chokeberry, shrub dogwoods, elderberry, and brambles are important food sources for deer and other wildlife. Often, deer do little significant damage to the host plant(s) or they recover quickly. If you are planting young host shrubs into a landscape, you should fence them off for 3-5 years until they\u2019re large enough and well established.<\/p>\n

Deer Resistant Shrubs<\/em><\/p>\n

Glossy Abelia (Abelia spp<\/em>.)
\nBottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora<\/em>)
\nDevil\u2019s Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa<\/em>)
\nRed Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia<\/em>)
\nGoldust Plant (Aucuba japonica<\/em>)
\nBarberry (Berberis spp<\/em>.)
\nButterfly Bush (Buddleia spp<\/em>.)
\nBoxwood (Buxus spp.<\/em>)
\nBeautyberry (Calicarpa spp.<\/em>)
\nHeather (Calluna spp.<\/em>)
\nAll-spice Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus<\/em>)
\nBlue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris clandonensis<\/em>)
\nPlum Yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia<\/em>)
\nJapanese Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles japonica<\/em>)
\nFlowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa<\/em>)
\nFalsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera<\/em>)
\nFringetree (Chionanthus viriginicus<\/em>)
\nSweet Pepperbush (Clethra spp.<\/em>)
\nRed Twig Dogwood (Cornus alba<\/em>)
\nRed Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea<\/em>)
\nHazelnut (Corylus spp<\/em>.)
\nSmokebush (Cotinus coggygria<\/em>)
\nMany Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.<\/em>)
\nJapanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica<\/em>) -shrub forms
\nDaphne (Daphne spp.<\/em>)
\nDeutzia (Deutzia spp.<\/em>)
\nRedvein Enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus<\/em>)
\nHeath (Erica spp.<\/em>)
\nForsythia (Forsythia x intermedia<\/em>)
\nFothergilla (Fothergilla spp.<\/em>)
\nCommon Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana<\/em>)
\nRose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus<\/em>)
\nSt. John\u2019s Wort (Hypericum prolificum<\/em>)
\nMost hollies (Ilex spp.<\/em>) -those with spiny leaves
\nVirginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica<\/em>)
\nMost Juniper species (Juniperus spp.<\/em>)
\nCrape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica<\/em>)
\nCommon Privet (Ligustrum spp.<\/em>)
\nSpicebush (Lindera benzoin<\/em>)
\nCoast Leucothoe (Leucothoe axillaris<\/em>)
\nDrooping Leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana<\/em>)
\nJapanese Kerria (Kerria japonica<\/em>)
\nBeautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis<\/em>)
\nSaucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana<\/em>)
\nOregon Grape Holly (Mahonia aquifolium<\/em>)
\nLeatherleaf Mahonia (Mahonia bealei<\/em>)
\nRussian Arborvitae (Microbiota decussata<\/em>)
\nNorthern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica<\/em>)
\nHolly Osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus<\/em>)
\nSweet Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius<\/em>)
\nJapanese Pieris, Andromeda (Pieris japonica<\/em>)
\nMugo Pine (Pinus mugo<\/em>)
\nBush Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticos<\/em>a)
\nCherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus<\/em>)
\nFirethorn (Pyracantha coccinea<\/em>)
\nBuckthorn (Rhammus spp.<\/em>)
\nFragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica<\/em>)
\nCurrants (Ribes spp.<\/em>)
\nBrambles (Rubus spp.<\/em>)
\nElderberry (Sambucus canadensis<\/em>)
\nSweet Box (Sarcoccoca hookeriana<\/em>)
\nJapanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica<\/em>)
\nBridalwreath Spirea (Spiraea prunifolia<\/em>)
\nAnthony Waterer Spirea (Spiraea x bumalda<\/em>)
\nSnowberry (Symphoricarpos albus<\/em>)
\nCoralberry (Symphoricarpos x chenaultii<\/em>)
\nJapanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata<\/em>)
\nCommon Lilac (Syringa vulgaris<\/em>)
\nBald Cypress (Taxodium distichum<\/em>) -shrub forms
\nKoreanspice Viburnum (Viburnum carlesii<\/em>)
\nArrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum<\/em>)
\nCranberry Viburnum (Viburnum opulus<\/em>)
\nDoublefile Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum<\/em>)
\nBlackhaw Viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium<\/em>)
\nLeatherleaf Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophyllum<\/em>)
\nJudd Viburnum (Viburnum x juddii<\/em>)
\nWeigela (Weigela florida<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deer will eat or nibble on any landscape plant, particularly when they’re starving. Abnormally high deer populations, starved by a shortage of their favorite foods (mast), will feed or browse on almost any plant. This is a survival reaction. To truly protect plants when deer numbers are unusually high, a tall fence or reinforced netting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1034,809,954,1015,873,696,982,537,875,1019,914,1049,778,645,633,844,700,885,702,841,968,774,720,639,989,815,766,998,630,921,901,996,646,7,819],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5292,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}