Deer are prevalent in the Low Country and are often living and traveling in the wooded land within your neighborhood. Deer prefer to remain foraging in the woods and bypass your garden, but if their regular supply of plants and delicacies become short they will forage on your garden plants. This may occur more frequent in drought conditions and in the depths of winter. The best solution is to stock your garden with plants that deer do not like. There is no guarantee that, in desperate times, the deer won’t eat the plants that they usually do not like. Below is a list of plants that deer both love and those they seldom eat.
Plants deer love:
Azaleas
Boltonia
Day Lilies
Euonymous
Gerbera Daisy
Hibiscus
Hosta
Indian Hawthorn
Japanese Yew
Liriope
Lythrum
Pittosporum
Rose blooms
Tulips
Plants deer seldom eat:
Ageratum
Agapanthus
Anise
Asian Jasmine
Aspidistra
Aucuba
Barberry
Bleeding Heart
Bottlebrush
Butterfly Bush
Boxwood
Buford Holly
California poppy
Camellia
Cherry Laurel
Chinese Wisteria
Chrysanthemum
Clematis
Cotoneaster
Creeping Fig
Crepe Myrtle
Crinum Lilies
Columbine
Common Fig
Cone flower
Coreopsis
Daffodil
Daphne
Echinacea Purpurea
English ivy
Eucalyptus
Fatsia
Flowering Jasmine
Flowering Quince
Forsythia
Foxglove
Fruit trees
Ganzania
Gardenia
Garlic Chives
Geranium
Gingko
Holly
Holly Fern
Hydrangea
Impatient
Iris
Japanese Kerria
Junipers
Lantana
Lavender
Lenten Rose
Ligustrum
Loropetalum
Madagascar
Periwinkle
Marigold
Myrthis Commun
Maple
Nandina
Oak
Oleander
Palm
Pampas Grass
Persimmon
Petunia
Phytostegia
Pineapple Guava
Pine
Pinks
Pyracantha
Redbud
Red Tip
Rice Paper Plant
Rosemary
Rue
Salvia Leucantha
Santolina
Serrissa
Snapdragon
Society Garlic
Southern Magnolia
Spiderwort
Spirea
Sunflower
Sweet Alyssum
Texas Sage
Verbena
Viburnum
Wax Myrtle
Yucca
Yarrow
Yaupon Holly
Zinnia