Deer-Resistant Ground Covers for Full Sun

Ground covers for sunny beds that deer usually leave alone. See spread, height, and water needs for each one.

Cliff Rose

Creeping Lilyturf

Virginia Creeper

Devil's Tongue

Ground cover is the planting that holds bare soil, which is the part of a garden that washes first. These also take full sun. There are drought-tolerant plants here, and some of them take the heat once established. Most are chosen for the flowers.

ground covers: 174
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Deer-resistant ground covers do not have to be colourless. You can find ground covers here that flower in spring, summer and late autumn, and the last of them hold when most of the border has gone over. Most of the colour is purple and white.

spring: 106
summer: 116
late autumn: 33

The breadth is the point: the planting can be put together in almost endless ways. Carex, Thymus and Sedum have the most entries, and borders and mass planting are the commonest uses.

borders: 123
mass planting: 109