Plants for Special Situations
DEER RESISTANT
Deer will eat almost any plant if there is not another food source.
The plants in the following list are typically not favored for browse by deer.
| TREES | SHRUBS | PERENNIALS | PERENNIALS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Birch Ginkgo Honeylocust Magnolia Maple Redbud Hemlock Pine Sc Otch Special Spruce Col. |
Barberry Bearberry Boxwood Daphne Elderberry Forsythia Juniper Lilac Oregon-Grape Smoke Bush Spirea Ural False Spirea Witch-Hazel |
Ajuga Astilbe Bergenia Bittersweet Blackeyed Susan Bleeding Heart Boston Ivy Coreopsis Clematis Daffodils Ferns Foam Flower Forget-Me-Not Foxglove Geranium Honeysuckle Hyacinth Iceland Poppy Iris |
Lavender Lily Monarda Oriental Poppy Pachysandra Peony Phlox Potentilla Russian Sage Salvia Scabiosa Sedum Shasta Daisy Snakeroot Spiderwort Trumpet Vine Veronica Vinca Yarrow Yucca |
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PLANTS THAT WILL GROW NEAR BLACK WALNUT
| Ajuga Astilbe Blood Root Campanula Catalpa Chionodoxa Crocus |
Daffs: Cheerfulness Geranium Feb. Gold Engleman Ivy Fern Sensitive And Cinnamon Forsythia Grape Hyacinth Hemlock |
Honeysuckle Tatarica Hosta Marginata & Undulata Iris Siberian Lamb’s Ears Maple Japanese Scilla |
Snowdrops Daylily Sweet Woodruff Tulips: Blue Parrot Toronto Violet |
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TREES AND SHRUBS WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS
| Butterfly Bush Deutzia Flowering Crabs Fothergilla Fringe Tree Honeysuckle Lilac Linden Littleleaf |
Magnolia Star Maple Amur (Ginnala) Mock Orange Rose Viburnum Burkwood Viburnum Carlesi Wisteria Witchhazel |
PLANTS TOLERANT OF SOIL AND AERIAL SALT
| TREES | SHRUBS | PERENNIALS | GRASSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple White Ash Green Ash Honeylocust Jap. Tree Lilac Kentucky Coffee Tree |
Chokeberry Juniper Chin. Alpine Currant Sumac Rose Rugosa Yucca Snowberry |
Anemoene Armeria Maritima Bergenia Cordfolia Centranthus Ruber Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides Coreopsis Lanceolata Dianthus Spp. Lavandula Angustifolia Scabiosa Caucasica Sedum Spp. Thymus Spp. Veronica Spp. Heuchera Sanguinea |
Andropogon Gerardii Elymus Ssp. Miscanthus Spp. Panicum Virgatum |
| EVERGREENS | VINES |
|---|---|
| Austrian Pine Mugo Pine Juniper Horiz. |
Engleman Ivy |
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SHRUBS AND EVERGREENS FOR SHADE
| Alpine Currant Barberry Green Boxwood Bush Honeysuckle Chokeberry Clethra Dogwood Gray Dog Cornelian Cherry Euonymus Fortunei Filbert Fothergilla |
Fringe Tree Hemlock Oregon Grape Holly Privet Snowberries Viburnum Blackhaw Vib. Nannyberry Vib. Arowwood Witch Hazel Yew |
TREES & SHRUBS FOR MOIST LOCATIONS
| Red Chokeberry Clethra Gray & Redtwig Dogwood Pagoda Dog (Organic Soil) Bald Cypress (Organic Soil) Black Alder (Organic Soil) |
Serviceberry (Organic Soil) River Birch (Organic Soil) Winterberry (I. Verticillata) Willows Snowberries |
TREES AND SHRUBS THAT ATTRACT HUMMINGBIRDS
| Cotoneaster Cherries Crabapples Azaleas Butterfly Bush Hawthorn |
Trumpet Vine Honeysuckle Rhododendron Weigela Rose of Sharon |
PLANTS THAT ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES
| Alyssum Aster Buddleia Butterfly Weed Candy Tuft Cardinal Flower Coneflower Coreopsis Cotoneaster Daylily |
Delphinium Dianthus Gaillardia Gay Feathers Hollyhock Honeysuckle Lavender Lupine |
Monarda Nepeta Phlox Primula Prunus-Cherry Quaking Aspen Redbud Rhododendron Rock Cress |
Rose of Sharon Rudbeckia Scabiosa Sedum Autumn Joy St John’s Wort Verbena Viburnum Wayfaring Weigela Yarrow |
HOSTA THAT SLUGS DON’T LIKE VERY MUCH
| Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ ‘Big Daddy’ ‘Blue Angel’ ‘Frances Williams’ ‘Gold Standard’ ‘Golden Tiara’ |
‘Halcyon’ ‘Krossa Regal’ ‘Regal Splendor’ Sie. ‘Elegans’ ‘Sum & Substance’ Tok. ‘Flovocircinalis’ |
HOSTAS THAT LIKE THE SUN
| August Moon Aureo-Marginata Fragrant Bouquet Francee |
Guacamole Invincible Royal Standard |
SHADE TOLERANT GRASSES
| Deschampsia Caespitosa Hakonechloa Macra ‘Aureola’ Acorus G. Variegatus |