Living in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks means sharing our space with nature—but that doesn’t mean you have to provide a 24-hour buffet for the local deer population. If you’re tired of waking up to find your Hosta garden leveled to the ground, you aren’t alone. While no plant is 100% ‘deer-proof’ when a mama deer is hungry, choosing the right varieties can save your landscape (and your sanity). 

When choosing plants, it’s good to pick from options that are highly aromatic, fuzzy, or have prickly leaves. Here are many we carry at our garden center in Marshfield, Missouri. 

Deer Resistant Annuals 

• Lantana 
• Marigold 
• Zinnia 
• Basil 
• Lemon grass 
• Mint 
• Rosemary 
• Sage 
• Thyme 

Deer Resistant Perennials 

• Artemesia 
• Astilbe 
• Baptisia (False Indigo, Wild Indigo) 
• Bee Balm 
• Black eyed Susan 
• Calamint 
• Caryopteris (Bluebeard) 
• Catmint 
• Columbine 
• Common Blue Star 
• Coneflower 
• Coreopsis 
• Daylily 
• Dianthus 
• Gaillardia 
• Japanese Painted Fern 
• Lambs Ear 
• Lavender 
• Milkweed 
• Ornamental Grasses 
• Phlox 
• Russian Sage 
• Salvia 
• Sedge 
• Speedwell 
• Yarrow

Deer Resistant Shrubs 

• Boxwood 
• Bush Honeysuckle 
• Butterfly Bush 
• Crape Myrtle 
• Hibiscus
• Holly 
• Juniper 
• Lilac
• Spirea 
• St John’s Wort 
• Weigela 

Deer Resistant Trees 

• Magnolia 

Call us at 417-840-2348 for more info or stop by our garden center in Marshfield. We can’t wait to help you.