As deer watch you nurture your garden (aka their buffet), they will indulge ASAP!
#1 Strategy to protect your garden is to curb their browsing habit.
Deterrents should be applied along the perimeter such as Bobbex DEER REPELLENT or Feather Meal.
Gardening with less tasty plants will make your yard less inviting.
Plants Deer Like Less…
Perennials
Achillea-Yarrow
Aegopodium- Snow on the Mountain
Aquilegia- Columbine
Armeria- Sea Thrift
Artemisia- Sage
Aster
Astilbe- Goatsbeard
Campanula- Bellflower
Centaurea- Mt. Bluet
Cerastium- Snow on the Mountain
Chrysanthemum sp.- Oxeye Daisy
Convallaria- Lily of the Valley
Coreopsis
Delphinium
Dicentra- Bleeding Heart
Digitalis- Foxglove
Echinacea- Purplecone Flower
Erysimum- Wallflower
Euphorbia- Spurge
Festuca- Blue Fescue
Gaillardia- Blanket Flower
Geranium
Gypsophilia- Baby’s Breath
Hemerocallis- Day Lily
Iberis- Candytuft
Kniphofia- Red Hot Poker
Lamium- Dead Nettle
Lavender
Liatris- Kansas Gay Feather
Limonium- Statice
Linum- Blue Flax
Lupine
Lychnis- Crown Pink
Mentha- mint
Monarda- Bee Balm
Nepeta- Catmint
Oenothera- Evening Primrose
Origanum- Oregano
Papaver- Poppy
Penstemon
Perovskia- Russian Sage
Phlox subulata- Creeping Phlox
Rudbeckia- Gloriosa Daisy
Salvia
Santolina
Scabiosa- Pincushion Flower
Sedum
Stachys- Lamb’s Ear
Thymus- Thyme
Veronica- Speedwell
Vinca major- Vinca Vine
Viola odoratum- Sweet Violet
Shrubs
Amorpha- Leadplant
Artemisia-Sage
Atriplex- Four Winged Saltbrush
Caryopteris- Blue Mist Spirea
Cercocarpus ledifolius- Curleaf Mahogany
Chamaebatiaria- Fernbush
Chyrsothamnus- Rabbitbrush
Cotoneaster species
Cowania
Euonymus- Burning Bush
Falluga- Apache Plume
Mahonia- Oregon Grape
Potentilla
Rhus Trilobata- Skunkbrush
Spirea
Symphocarpus- Snowberry
Weigelia
Yucca
Trees
Crataegus- Hawthorn
Picea pungens- Blue Spruce
Pinus edulis- Pinon Pine
Pinus flexis- Limber Pine
Juniper sp