DEER RESISTANT PLANTS

Landscape Value

Large Deciduous Trees: Acer rubrum - red maple Shade, street tree Red to yellow fall color, silver bark

Pyrus calleryana ` Bradford ' - Bradford pear Tough ornamental tree with white flowers and purple fruit

Quercus alba - white oak Large specimen tree Brandy red fall color Exfoliating bark

Quercus palustris - pin oak Pyramidal specimen tree Bronze fall color

Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak Rounded, upright tree with red fall color

Salix elegantissima - weeping willow Graceful weeping tree Tolerant of wet areas

Small Deciduous Trees & Large Shrubs:

Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow serviceberry Delicate understory tree with white flowers and red fruit

Betula papyrifera - white birch Specimen tree with white bark and yellow fall color

Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington hawthorn Small ornamental tree with white flowers and orange fruit

Evergreen Trees:

Juniperis virginiana - Eastern red cedar Columnar, upright tree. Good for screenings, borders

Picea abies - Norway spruce Graceful tree with pendulous branches Good for screening

Picea glauca - white spruce Upright, pyramidal tree with light green needles

Picea omorika - Serbian spruce Narrow, pyramidal tree with dark green needles

Picea orientalis - Oriental spruce Slow growing, stately tree with dark green needles

Picea pungens - Colorado spruce Upright, pyramidal tree with blue to green needles. Good specimen

Pinus cembra - Swiss stone pine Handsome, slow growing tree. Good for accenting and backgrounds

Evergreen Shrubs:

Berberis julianae - Wintergreen barberry Low growing shrub with yellow flowers and purple fruit.

Ilex crenata - Japanese holly Compact growing shrub with fine texture and rounded habit.

Ilex glabra - Inkberry Good plant for massing and naturalizing. Forms dark green background

Juniperis procumbens nana - Japanese garden juniper Great for edging, rock gardens, and ground cover

Leucothoe axillaris - drooping leucothoe Shade loving, massing shrub. Good for woodland settings

Picea abies`Nidiformis' -birds nest spruce Compact, slow growing shrub with consistent habit

Picea pungens `R. H. Montgomery'- Dwarf, strikingly blue shrub with compact habit

Pieris floribunda - mountain andromeda Low, rounded shrub with white flowers and attractive fruits

Pieris japonica - japanese andromeda Works good as a back drop for other shrubs White flowers and shiny green leaves

Pinus mugo - mugo pine Compact, dense growing shrub. Superb rock garden plant.

Deciduous Shrubs:

Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea - japanese barberry Compact growing shrub with reddish foliage and thorny twigs

Comptonia peregrina - sweet fern Great plant for waste areas. Can take poor conditions

Cotoneaster apiculata - cranberry cotoneaster All cotoneasters in general are fairly deer resistant and can

Cotoneaster horizontalis - rockspray cotoneaster form a dense groundcover or can be used in a rock garden

Cotoneaster dammeri - bearberry cotoneaster

Euonymus alatus compactus - burning bush Compact growing shrub with brilliant red to orange fall color