Deer-resistant plants for the Front Range
Trees, shrubs, groundcover, and perennials that deer tend to leave alone — useful where browsing pressure is high along the Front Range foothills. No plant is truly deer-proof.
334 plants
alpine mouse-earCerastium alpinum
Apache plumeFallugia paradoxa
Aromatic asterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
bearded irisIris germanica
Beardlip penstemonPenstemon barbatus
Bee Balm/HorsemintMonarda fistulosa
Big sagebrushArtemisia tridentata
Bigelow's TansyasterMachaeranthera bigelovii
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
BlanketflowerGaillardia aristata
Blue FlaxLinum lewisii
Blue grama grassBouteloua gracilis
Blue Mist PenstemonPenstemon virens
Buffalo grassBouteloua dactyloides
Bush SunflowerHelianthus pumilus
Butterfly MillkweedAsclepias tuberosa
Chocolate FlowerBerlandiera lyrata
Cliff fendlerbushFendlera rupicola
Cliff jamesia / waxflowerJamesia americana
Cliff roseCowania mexicana
CliffrosePurshia mexicana
Clustered field sedgeCarex praegracilis
common or gardenSalvia officinalis
Common snowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Common YarrowAchillea millefolium
Creeping Oregon grapeMahonia repens
Curlleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus ledifolius
dayliliesHemerocallis sp.
Desert Four O’ClockMirabilis multiflora
Douglas-fir — Rocky Mountain Douglas firPseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca
Dwarf wild indigoAmorpha nana
evening primroseOenothera speciosa
FernbushChamaebatiaria millefolium
Fir — WhiteAbies concolor
Firecracker PenstemonPenstemon eatonii
Fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescens
Fragrant sumacRhus aromatica
Fringed SageArtemisia frigida
GayfeatherLiatris punctata
Geyer’s onionAllium geyeri
Golden ColumbineAquilegia chrysantha
Golden FleeceSolidago sphacelata
HarebellsCampanula rotundifolia
Hawthorn — River/DouglasCrataegus douglasii
heartleaf bergenia,Bergenia cordifolia
Howard’s Evening-PrimroseOenothera howardii
Juniper — One – SeedJuniperus monosperma
Juniper — Rocky MountainJuniperus scopulorum
Jupiter’s beardCentranthus ruber
Kinnikinnick / bearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi
Lady’s mantleAlchemilla mollis
LeadplantAmorpha canescens
Leadplant / false indigo bushAmorpha fruticosa
Little Bluestem GrassSchizachyrium scoparium
Littleleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus intricatus
Mat penstemonPenstemon caespitosus
Missouri Evening PrimroseOenothera macrocarpa
Mountain mahoganyCercocarpus montanus
New Mexico privetForestiera neomexicana
nodding onionAllium cernuum
northern bedstrawGalium boreale
Oriental poppyPapaver orientale
Pacific WindflowerAnemone multifida
Pine — 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'Pinus flexilis
Pine — Bristlecone(foxtail)Pinus aristata- Pine — LimberPinus flexilis
Pine — LodgepolePinus contorta
Pine — PinyonPinus edulis
Pine — PonderosaPinus ponderosa
Pine — Southwestern WhitePinus strobiformis
Pineleaf PenstemonPenstemon pinifolius
Pitcher SageSalvia azurea
plains coreopsisCoreopsis tinctoria
Poplar (cottonwood) — HighlandPopulus x acuminata x sargentii
Poplar (cottonwood) — LanceleafPopulus x acuminata
Poplar (cottonwood) — NarrowleafPopulus angustifolia
Poplar (cottonwood) — Plains 'Jeronimus'Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera
Poplar (cottonwood) — Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
poppy mallowCallirhoe involucrata
Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
Prairie Dropseed GrassSporobolus heterolepis
Prairie SageArtemisia ludoviciana
prairie smokeGeum triflorum
Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpurea
red hot pokerKniphofia uvaria
Regel’s jointfirEphedra regeliana
Rigid GoldenrodSolidago rigida
Rockspirea / mountain sprayHolodiscus dumosus
Rocky Mountain ColumbineAquilegia coerulea
Rocky Mountain PenstemonPenstemon strictus
rosy pussytoesAntennaria rosea
Rubber rabbitbrushEricameria nauseosa
Sand sagebrushArtemisia filifolia
Sandia Coral BellsHeuchera pulchella
saxifrageSaxifraga hirsuta
sea thriftArmeria maritima
Showy FleabaneErigeron speciosus
Showy MilkweedAsclepias speciosa
Shrubby cinquefoilPotentilla fruticosa
Side-bells PenstemonPenstemon secundiflorus
Silver buffaloberryShepherdia argentea
silvery lupineLupinus argenteus
Small soapweed / Great Plains yuccaYucca glauca
Small-leaf pussytoesAntennaria parvifolia
Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
Smooth sumacRhus glabra
Spruce — ColoradoPicea pungens
Spruce — Colorado Blue – BABY BLUE®, 'Baby Blue Eyes', 'Bakeri', 'Fastigiata', 'Fat Albert', 'Hoopsi', 'Colorado Weeping', 'Sester Dwarf'Picea pungens glauca
Spruce — Engleman SprucePicea engelmannii
Star Flower/Blazing-StarMentzelia decapetala
Sulfur buckwheatEriogonum umbellatum
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
Three-leaf sumacRhus trilobata
Utah milkvetchAstragalus utahensis
wallflowerErysimum linifolium
Wax currantRibes cereum
Western snowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalis
western springClaytonia lanceolata
western wallflowerErysimum capitatum
White-tufted Evening-PrimroseOenothera caespitosa
winter creeperEuonymus fortunei
WinterfatKrascheninnikovia lanata
'Emerald Sunshine'Ulmus propinqua
Adam's needle yuccaYucca filamentosa
all cultivarsUlmus parvifolia
American highbush cranberryViburnum trilobum
Angelina sedumSedum 'Angelina'
Anise HyssopAgastache foeniculum
Avalanche White Sun DaisyOsteospermum 'Avalanche'
Baldcypress — Baldcypress – SHAWNEE BRAVE™Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson'
Basket of goldAurinia saxatilis
Beech — European Beech, 'Riversii', 'Dawyck Purple'Fagus sylvatica
Bellina Pink CornflowerPsephellus simplicicaulis
Bigroot / Cambridge cranesbillGeranium x cantabrigiense
Birchleaf spireaSpiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
Black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa
Black elderberrySambucus nigra
Black Locust - 'Purple Robe'Robinia pseudoacacia
Black WalnutJuglans nigra
Blue fescueFestuca glauca
Blue mist spireaCaryopteris x clandonensis
BLUE VELVET® honeysuckleLonicera korolkowii 'Floribunda'
Border forsythiaForsythia x intermedia
Bridal-wreath spireaSpiraea x vanhouttei
Buckeye/Horsechestnut — 'Briotti', 'Fort McNair'Aesculus x carnea
Buckeye/Horsechestnut — Common HorsechestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Buckeye/Horsechestnut — Ohio BuckeyeAesculus glabra
Buckeye/Horsechestnut — Texas Buckeye (Western Buckeye)Aesculus glabra var. arguta
Buckeye/Horsechestnut — Yellow BuckeyeAesculus flava
Burkwood daphneDaphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'
Burning bush / winged euonymusEuonymus alatus
Butterfly bushBuddleja davidii
Cape Forget-Me-NotAnchusa capensis
Carpet bugleAjuga reptans
Cashmere SagePhlomis cashmeriana
Catalpa — ChineseCatalpa ovata
Catalpa — Northern/Western, HEARTLAND®Catalpa speciosa
CatmintNepeta x faassenii
Cedar — Cedar of LebanonCedrus libani
Coffeetree — Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus- Coffeetree — Kentucky Coffeetree – ESPRESSO®, DECAF®, SKINNY LATTE™, PRAIRIE TITAN™Gymnocladus dioicus
Common lilacSyringa vulgaris
Common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius
Compact Oregon grapeMahonia aquifolium 'Compactum'
Coral bells / alumrootHeuchera sanguineaCORAL CANYON® twinspurDiascia integerrima 'P009S'
Corktree — Amur corktreePhellodendron amurense
Cranberry cotoneasterCotoneaster apiculatus
Creeping lilyturfLiriope spicata
Creeping phlox / moss phloxPhlox subulata
Creeping rosemarySalvia rosmarinus
Creeping thyme / wild thymeThymus serpyllum
Crystal River veronicaVeronica 'Crystal River'CRYSTAL RIVER® veronicaVeronica 'Reavis'
Curly-Leaf Sea KaleCrambe maritima
Cypress — Arizona CypressHesperocyparis arizonica- Cypress — Arizona Cypress 'Blue Ice', CRYSTAL FROST™Hesperocyparis arizonica
Dalmatian DaisyTanacetum cinerariifolium
Dawn Redwood — Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides
DOG TUFF™ grassCynodon 'PWIN04S'
DREW'S FOLLY Hardy SnapdragonAntirrhinum sempervirens 'P020S'
Eastern Arborvitae – 'Emerald', 'Techny', 'Degroots Spire', 'North Pole'Thuja occidentalis
Elm — 'Frontier'Ulmus minor x U. parvifolia
Elm — 'New Horizon'Ulmus japonica x U. pumila 'New Horizon'
Elm — 'Prospector'Ulmus davidiana var. japonica- Elm — ACCOLADE® ('Morton')Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Elm — American – 'Valley Forge', 'New Harmony', 'Princeton'Ulmus americana
Elm — David, GREENSTONE®, CHOICECITY®Ulmus davidiana- Elm — NORTHERN EMPRESS®Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Elm — TRIUMPH® ElmUlmus x 'Morton Glossy'
European Pasque FlowerPulsatilla vulgaris
European wild gingerAsarum europaeum
Evergreen candytuftIberis sempervirens
False IndigoBaptisia australis
Fire Spinner ice plantDelosperma 'Fire Spinner'
FIRST LOVE DianthusDianthus 'First Love'
FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
FREEDA Caterpillar GrassHarpochloa falx 'Compact Black'
Giant Sequoia — Giant Sequoia – 'Hazel Smith'Sequoiadendron giganteum
Ginkgo — Ginkgo/Maidenhair Tree, 'Princeton Sentry', 'Autumn Gold'Ginkgo biloba
Golden CandlesThermopsis lanceolata
Golden StorksbillErodium chrysanthum
Green GiantThuja standishii x Thuja plicata
Hackberry — Common Hackberry, PRAIRIE SENTINEL®Celtis occidentalis
Hawthorn — 'Toba'Crataegus x mordenensis
Hawthorn — Cockspur var. inermisCrataegus crus-galli
Hawthorn — DownyCrataegus mollis
Hawthorn — English – 'Crimson Cloud'Crataegus laevigata
Hawthorn — Green – 'Winter King'Crataegus viridis
Hawthorn — RussianCrataegus ambigua
Hawthorn — WashingtonCrataegus phaenopyrum
Hazelnut — Turkish Filbert/HazelnutCorylus colurna
Hens and chicksSempervivum tectorum
Honeylocust — Thornless Common – IMPERIAL®, SHADEMASTER®, SKYLINE®Gleditsia triacanthos- Honeylocust — Thornless Common – NORTHERN ACCLAIM®Gleditsia triacanthos
- Honeylocust — Thornless Common – SUNBURST®Gleditsia triacanthos
Hopflower OreganoOriganum libanoticum
Hophornbeam — American HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Hornbeam — 'Fastigiata'Carpinus betulus
Hornbeam — American hornbeamCarpinus caroliniana- Hornbeam — European – 'Frans Fontaine'Carpinus betulus
Indigo Blue DragonheadDracocephalum ruyschiana
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii
Japanese spireaSpiraea japonica
Japanese spurgePachysandra terminalis
Juniper — 'Blue Point'Juniperus chinensis- Juniper — Chinese – 'Spartan', 'Spearmint', 'Hetzi Columnaris'Juniperus chinensis
Juniper — Eastern Red Cedar – 'Hillspire', 'Idyllwild', 'Blue Arrow'Juniperus virginiana- Juniper — Eastern Red Cedar – 'Taylor'Juniperus virginiana
- Juniper — Rocky Mountain – 'Medora', 'Skyrocket', 'Woodward'Juniperus scopulorum
- Juniper — Rocky Mountain – 'Welchii', 'Gray Gleam', 'Cologreen', 'Wichita Blue', 'Moonglow'Juniperus scopulorum
Katsura — Katsura TreeCercidiphyllum japonicum
Kent Beauty ornamental oreganoOriganum 'Kent Beauty'
Korean Feather Reed GrassCalamagrostis brachytrichaLA VETA LACE GeraniumGeranium magniflorum 'P013S'
Lamb's earStachys byzantina
Larch — European LarchLarix decidua
Lena broomCytisus 'Lena'
Letitia Flannel PlantVerbascum 'Letitia'
Lilac — Japanese – 'Ivory Silk'Syringa reticulata
Lilac — Peking – 'Summer Charm'Syringa reticulata subsp. pekinensis
Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis
LITTLE TRUDY CatmintNepeta 'Psfike'
Lungwort / Bethlehem sagePulmonaria saccharata
Maackia — Amur MaackiaMaackia amurensis
Magnolia — CucumbertreeMagnolia acuminata
Magnolia — SaucerMagnolia x soulangiana
Meadow sage / wood sageSalvia nemorosa- Mesa Verde ice plantDelosperma 'Kelaidis'
MONGOLIAN BELLS ClematisClematis integrifolia 'PSHarlan'
Mongolian SnowflakesClematis hexapetala
Moon CarrotSeseli gummiferum
Moroccan pincushion flowerPterocephalus depressus
Mulberry — White Mulberry 'Chaparral'Morus alba
Narbonne Blue FlaxLinum narbonense
OLYMPUS Gold Leaf SageSalvia chrysophylla
Orange carpet / hummingbird trumpetZauschneria garrettii
Osage Orange 'White Shield'Maclura pomifera
Pagodatree — Japanese Pagodatree, Millstone™Styphnolobium japonicum
Palace Purple Coral BellsHeuchera micrantha
Partridge featherTanacetum densum amani
PeriwinkleVinca minor
Pine — Austrian 'Oregan Green'Pinus nigra- Pine — Austrian – 'Arnold's Sentinel', 'Frank'Pinus nigra
Pine — BosnianPinus heldreichii- Pine — Bosnian – 'Emerald Arrow'Pinus heldreichii
Pine — Eastern WhitePinus strobus
Pine — LacebarkPinus bungeana
Pine — Mugo – 'Tannenbaum'Pinus mugo
Pine — ScotchPinus sylvestris
Pine — Singleleaf PinyonPinus monophylla
Pine — Swiss Stone PinePinus cembra
Pink Cotton Lamb's EarStachys lavandulifoliaPlatinum sageSalvia daghestanica
PlumbagoCeratostigma plumbaginoides
Poplar (cottonwood) — EasternPopulus deltoides- Poplar (cottonwood) — PRAIRIE GOLD®Populus tremuloides
Poplar (cottonwood) — Upright European, AspenPopulus tremula 'Erecta'
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea- Purple ice plantDelosperma cooperi
PURPLE MOUNTAIN Sun DaisyOsteospermum barberae 'P005S'
Purple Winter SavorySatureja montana
Red FeathersPontechium maculatum
Red Jacket gooseberryRibes uva-crispa 'Red Jacket'
Red yuccaHesperaloe parviflora
Redbud — 'Ruby Falls'Cercis canadensis- Redbud — EasternCercis canadensis
- Redbud — Eastern – 'Alba', 'Forest Pansy'Cercis canadensis
Regal TorchlilyKniphofia caulescens
Russian sageSalvia yangii
Russian stonecropSedum kamtschaticum
SARADA'S Greek Mountain TeaSideritis syriaca 'P023S'
Scarlet firethornPyracantha coccinea
Sea buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Sea Foam sageArtemisia versicolor 'Sea Foam'Serbian yarrowAchillea serbica
Shangri-La SageSalvia moorcroftiana x indica
Siberian bugloss / false forget-me-notBrunnera macrophylla
Siberian pea shrubCaragana arborescens
Silver fountain butterfly bushBuddleja alternifolia
Silver SageSalvia argentea
Silver Shield French SorrelRumex scutatus 'Silver Shield'
Silverheels horehoundMarrubium rotundifolium
SKY'S EDGE ScutellariaScutellaria 'Pat Hayward'
Smoke bush / smoke treeCotinus coggygria
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum- Snow-in-summer (compact form)Cerastium tomentosum
SPANISH GOLD® broomCytisus purgans
SPANISH PEAKS FoxgloveDigitalis thapsi
Spotted dead nettleLamium maculatum
Spruce — Black Hills 'Densata', 'Wiskey Blue Hills'Picea glauca
Spruce — Norway – 'Cupressina'Picea abies
Spruce — SerbianPicea omorika
STARBURST™ ice plantDelosperma floribundum
STEPPESUNS HokubetsiHelichrysum trilineatum 'P021S'
Sun rose / rock roseHelianthemum nummularium
Sungari redbead cotoneasterCotoneaster racemiflorus var. soongoricus
SUNSET FoxgloveDigitalis obscura 'Sunset'
Sunset HyssopAgastache rupestris
Sweet woodruffGalium odoratum
Sweetgum — American SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua- Table Mountain ice plantDelosperma 'P001S'
- TIDY Littleleaf peashrubCaragana microphylla 'Tidy'
TowerPopulus x canescens 'Tower'- Turkish veronicaVeronica liwanensis
Turquoise Tails blue sedumSedum sediforme
Two-row stonecropSedum spurium
Wayfaring tree viburnumViburnum lantana
Wee One Dwarf English LavenderLavandula angustifolia 'Wee One'
Whirling ButterfliesGaura lindheimeri
White poplarPopulus alba
WINTER FIRE® sedumPetrosedum rupestre 'Rice Creek'
Woolly veronicaVeronica pectinata
Yellowwood — American YellowwoodCladrastis kentukea