Deer-Resistant Plants for Containers that Bloom in Fall

Plants that still look good in pots through autumn and tend to escape deer damage. See bloom time, height, and zone for each one.

Trumpetbush

Forget-Me-Not

Christ Plant

Sage

A plant in a pot has to take the heat of a small root run and the drought that comes with it. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Most need very little after their first year.

plants: 153
hardiness zones: 2 to 12

Bluecrown Passionflower

Annual Vinca

Begonia

Clematis

These plants still put on a display in a pot, which is the part people expect to lose. You can find plants here that flower in spring, summer and late autumn, and the final flowers carry the garden into the cold. Most of the colour is purple, white and yellow.

spring: 52
summer: 136
late autumn: 153

Perennials and annuals fill most of the pots here, and the range is wide enough that no two plantings need look alike. Zinnia, Begonia and Salvia have the most entries, and they are also used for borders and mass planting.

perennials: 133
borders: 121
mass planting: 77