{"id":673,"date":"2014-10-05T21:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T02:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theiowagardener.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=673"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:34:11","slug":"plants-resistant-to-deer-and-rabbits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theiowagardener.com\/wordpress\/plants-resistant-to-deer-and-rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants Resistant to Deer and Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a list of plants that will do well in Iowa and are both rabbit-resistant and deer-resistant. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are also slug-resistant.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PERENNIALS\/BULBS\/ANNUALS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Beard-tongue (Penstemon<\/em>)*
Begonia (Begonia<\/em>)*
Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta<\/em>)*
Bleeding heart (Dicentra<\/em> )*
Candytuft (Iberis<\/em>)*
Columbine (Aquilegia<\/em>)*
Cranesbill (Geranium<\/em>)*
Daffodil (Narcissus<\/em>)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dead nettle (Lamium maculatum<\/em>)*
False spiraea (Astilbe<\/em> )*
Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides<\/em>)*
Impatiens (Impatiens<\/em>)*
Lamb’s-ears (Stachys byzantina<\/em>)*
Moss Pink (Phlox subulata<\/em>)*
Oregano (Origanum<\/em>)*
Oriental poppy (Papaver<\/em>)*
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa<\/em>)*
Pink sea thrift (Armeria<\/em> )*
Sage (Artemisia<\/em>)*
Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum<\/em>)*
Speedwell (Veronica<\/em>)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GROUND COVERS & VINES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Carpet bugle (Ajuga<\/em>)
Dwarf lumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides<\/em>)
English ivy (Hedera helix<\/em>)*
Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis<\/em>)
Periwinkle (Vinca<\/em>)*
Virgina creeper (Parthenocissus<\/em>)
Wisteria (Wisteria<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHRUBS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boxwood (Buxus<\/em>)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia<\/em>)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla<\/em>)*
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster<\/em>)
Holly (Ilex<\/em>)*
Juniper (Juniperus<\/em>)
Lantana (Lantana<\/em>)*
Lavender (Lavandula<\/em>)*
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis<\/em>)*
Sage (Salvia<\/em>)
Sumac (Rhus<\/em>)
Viburnum (Viburnum<\/em>)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TREES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ash (Fraxinus<\/em>)
Cedar (Cedrus<\/em>)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii<\/em>)
Fir (Abies<\/em>)
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum<\/em>)
Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba<\/em>)
Oak (Quercus<\/em>)
Pine (Pinus<\/em>)
Redbud (Cercis<\/em>)
Spruce (Picea<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source<\/strong>: This list of plants that are resistant to deer, rabbits, and slugs is an edited version from the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please do not use content from this site without express permission from The Iowa Gardener. Click here<\/a> to request permission<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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