Texas Deer Resistant Plants and Repellants
Deer Resistant Plants for Texas - double click for full screenSmall trees and shrubs: berm (a good privacy hedge), boxwood, cactus, ceniza, century plant, dwarf Chinese holly, dwarf natal plum, Mexican fan palm, Mexican honeysuckle, Mexican olive, Mexican oregano, Mexican plum, nandina, oleander, pampas grass, pittosporum, pomegranate, primrose jasmine, retama, salvia greggi (also known as Autumn Sage or Cherry Sage, grows as a semi-woody rounded shrub and is native to central and west Texas), Texas mountain laurel, Texas sabals, Texas sage (Cenizo, soft silver, gray leaves) viburnum tinus, vitex (Texas Lilac), yaupon holly. Deciduous trees: Wright's Bee Brush, Texas Vitex, Desert Willow, Texas Kidneywood, Texas Possumhaw, Crape Myrtle Deer Resistant Plants for Texas - double click for full screenEverygreens for tall privacy hedge: Eleagnus, Leatherleaf Viburnum, Yaupon Holly, Lorepetalum, Gray Bush Germander Perennials: angelonia, angel trumpet, blue salvias, bouncing bet, fountain grass, iris, lantanas (all species), mexican wire grass mint marigold, muhly grass, pampas grass, pine muhly, rosemary, society garlic. Cover: Bermuda grass, Juniper, Rosemary, Society Garlic PlumbagoFor indigo blossoms, butterfly habitat, and deer resistance, few plants beat vitex and plumbago Drought-tolerant, Deer Resistant Plants Shrubs: Agarita, Cactus, Century Plant, Dwarf Natal Plum, Pampas Grass, Juniper, Lantana, Mountain laurel, Oleander, Prickly Pear, Plumbago, Pomegranate, Rosemary, Society Garlic,Texas Lilac, Texas Sage, Texas Viburnum, Yaupon Holly. Cover: Bermudagrass, Juniper, White Cloud muhly grass (Muhlenbergia Capillaris "White Cloud") bloom in fall with white blooms Vines: Carolina Yellow Jasmine, Creeping Fig. Protect plants for three months after planting Evergreen perennial: Echinacea, a Texas native will grow in full sun and partial shade. More tips for Central Texas: Pam Penick : Diggin : Austin, TX "You can have an interesting, diverse garden even if deer call your neighborhood home." Plants native to Central Texas: Lantana, Autum Sage, Mexican Feathergrass, Inland Sea Oats, Gulf Muhly, Greene Sotol, Softleaf Yucca, Texas Dwar Palmetto, Heartleaf Skullcap, Jimsonweed (poisonous), |