Deer-Resistant Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses that deer usually leave alone. Compare mature height, growth rate, and the light each one needs.

Pampas Grass

Lemongrass

Sedge

Panic Grass

Grasses fill the space between flowers, and their seed heads last longer than any flower. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Most need very little after their first year. Leave the stems standing through winter, then cut them before the new growth starts.

grasses: 64
hardiness zones: 3 to 11

What a grass gives is movement and a seed head that stands into winter, with the foliage shifting from green to straw as the season turns.

spring: 27
summer: 44
late autumn: 32

A single group, but not a single look: the range leaves room for almost endless combinations in a border. Carex has the most entries, and mass planting and borders are the commonest uses.

mass planting: 36
borders: 35