Deer-Resistant Evergreen Shrubs for Partial Shade

Evergreens for partial shade that tend to escape deer damage. Compare mature size, growth rate, and hardiness zone.

Japanese Clematis

Parney Cotoneaster

Cenizo

Assam Tea

Partial shade is sun for part of the day and shade for the rest, which is most of the light a garden actually offers. These shrubs also keep their leaves through winter. There are plants here for ground that dries out, and some of them cope with it. Most flower as well, so the leaves are not the whole story.

shrubs: 182
hardiness zones: 4 to 12

Deer-resistant shrubs do not have to be colourless. You can find shrubs here that flower in spring through to late autumn, so the border keeps its colour long after the first flush. Most of the colour is white and yellow.

spring: 127
summer: 76
late autumn: 38

The variety runs deeper than the type suggests: the range is wide enough that no two borders need look alike. Berberis, Ilex and Viburnum have the most entries, and borders and hedges are the commonest uses.

borders: 107
hedges: 96