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Cosmos is not deer resistant.
Cosmos
- Deer
- Frequently
- Height
- 6 ft (1.8 m)
- Spread
- 4 ft (1.2 m)
- Zones
- 2–12
- Light
- Full sun
- Annual
Deer-resistant alternatives to Cosmos
These are tagged deer-resistant in the same catalogue. Check light and height before planting.

Cut Leaf Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
same genusIntroduced to the US as an ornamental flowering plant from Mexico or tropical America, tall Cosmos offers a variety of daisy-like maroon, pink, lavender, and white flowers on stalks that will get up to 4 feet tall.

Mexican Sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia
similar roleThe Mexican Sunflower is an annual in the aster family that is native to Mexico and Central America.

Zinnia
Zinnia
similar roleZinnia is a warm-season flowering upright growing annual in the Asteraceae (daisy) family.

Cleome
Cleome houtteana
similar roleCleome is a tall, somewhat spiky-looking plant with spidery flowers of pink, purple and white combinations.

Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
similar roleCoreopsis tinctoria is a showy wildflower with a long bloom-time (summer through frost).

Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
similar roleCommon Sunflower is and annual in the Asteraceae (daisy) family.

purple-net toadflax
Linaria reticulata
similar roleLinaria reticulata , commonly called purple-net toadflax, is native to North Africa.

Pincushion Flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea
similar rolePincushion flower is a bushy, ornamental, flowering plant in the Caprifoliaceae familiy.

Mexican Pricklepoppy
Argemone mexicana
similar rolePrickly Poppy is an annual or biennial in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to Mexico and has naturalized in many parts of the world.

beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
similar rolePerilla frutescens , commonly called beefsteak plant, shiso, or perilla mint, is an upright, bushy annual that is native from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia.
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