Fast-Growing Deer-Resistant Evergreen Shrubs

Evergreens that grow quickly and mostly escape deer browsing. See growth rate, mature size, and water needs.

Pole-Cat Geranium

Egyptian Thorn

Bluebeard

Common Lantana

An evergreen keeps its leaves through winter, which is when a garden is otherwise empty. Every one of them is quick to establish. Most flower as well, so the leaves are not the whole story.

shrubs: 55
hardiness zones: 5 to 12

Bowles Periwinkle

Barbados Flower Fence

Bayberry

Japanese Clematis

Nothing about deer-resistant shrubs is plain. There are shrubs flowering in spring, summer and late autumn, and the last flowers are still there when the leaves start to turn. Most of the colour is white, yellow and purple.

spring: 35
summer: 30
late autumn: 17

A single group, but not a single look: there is enough variety to mix and match without repeating yourself. Lonicera has the most entries, and borders and containers are the commonest uses.

borders: 25
containers: 25