Deer tend to avoid some plants and relish others. While no plant
can be guaranteed to be "deer-proof," some types of plants are
less tasty to a deer. Try planting the following kinds of plants
which are less attractive to deer. Tree suggestions include
white fir, Colorado spruce, pinyon pine, common juniper, Rocky
Mountain maple, hackberry and honeylocust. Shrub possibilities
are lead plant, potentilla, Austrian copper rose, quince, 'Blue
Mist' spirea, winged euonymus, golden currant, lilacs, Oregon
grape holly and pyracantha. Ground covers to be tried are
creeping mahonia, English ivy, thyme and snow-in-summer.
Perennial flowers that may be of use are purple coneflower,
peony, blazing star, Shasta daisy, Mexican hat coneflower, lily-
of-the-valley and Russian sage. Deer-resistant herbs include
marjoram and lavender. Native plants growing in their native
habitats may be less appealing to deer than highly fertilized
and highly watered garden plants. Any plant may be attractive to
some individual deer or deer in