Deer Resistant Grasses, Ferns, Groundcovers and Annuals Living in a woodland environment often means dealing with foraging deer. If you are having this problem in your landscape, try using some of these deer-resistant plants. Please note that no plant can be guaranteed deer-proof. When hungry enough, deer eat many plants they normally pass by. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRASSES GROUNDCOVERS Sweetflag Sedge – Acorus spp. English Ivy – Hedera helix Feather Reed Grass - Calamagrostis acutiflora Lily-of-the-Valley – Convalleria majalis Sedges – Carex spp. Sweet Woodruff – Galium odoratum Northern Sea Oats - Chasmanthium latifolium Barrenwort – Epimedium rubrum Blue Fescue - Festuca ovina glauca Dead Nettle – Lamium maculatum Japanese Forest Grass – Hakonechloa sempervirens Spurge – Pachysandra spp. Blue Oat Grass – Helictotrichon sempervirens Japanese Blood Grass – Imperata cylindrica ANNUALS Blue Lyme Grass - Elysmus arenarius Ageratum Japanese Silver Grass – Miscanthus spp. Alyssum Switch Grass – Panicum virgatum Cleome Fountain Grass – Pennisetum alopecuroides Celosia Indian Grass – Sorgastum spp. Pelargonium Lobelia FERNS Marigold Wood Fern – Dryopteris spinulosa Nasturtium Ostrich Fern – Matteuccia struthiopteris Petunia Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis Salvia Cinnamon Fern – Osmunda cinnamomea Snapdragon Royal Fern – Osmunda regalis Verbena Christmas Fern – Polystichum acrosticoides Zinnia 1035 Fox Hill Rd, State College, PA * (814) 237-9087 * foxhillgardens.com * Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 10:00-4:00
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