Deer-Resistant Evergreen Shrubs for Shade

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

Itea

Creeping Mahonia

Carpet Box

Camellia

A shrub holds the middle ground between a border plant and a tree, and it is the layer deer reach first. These shrubs also keep their leaves through winter. Dry shade is the hardest place in the garden to plant, and a few of these manage it. Most earn their place on the flowers.

shrubs: 46
hardiness zones: 4 to 11

Nothing about deer-resistant shrubs is plain. You can find shrubs here that flower in spring and summer, and the last of them hold when most of the border has gone over. Most of the colour is white and yellow.

spring: 35
summer: 12

A single group, but not a single look: the range is wide enough that no two borders need look alike. Berberis, Illicium and Sarcococca have the most entries, and borders and hedges are the commonest uses.

borders: 28
hedges: 28