Low-Maintenance Deer-Resistant Perennials for Full Sun

Low-upkeep perennials for sunny borders that deer mostly leave alone. See bloom time, height, and water needs.

Sweet Scented Bed Straw

Blue Sage

Black Calla

Smooth Purple Coneflower

You buy a perennial once and it returns from the crown each spring. These perennials are also the low-upkeep ones. There are drought-tolerant plants here, and some of them take the heat once established. Most are chosen for the flowers.

perennials: 962
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

Deer-resistant perennials do not have to be colourless. These perennials flower in spring through to late autumn, and the last of them hold when most of the border has gone over. Most of the colour is white, purple and yellow.

spring: 425
summer: 506
late autumn: 221

Common Sage

Cranberry Bush Viburnum

Canada Goldenrod

Cayenne Pepper

The variety runs deeper than the type suggests: there is enough variety to mix and match without repeating yourself. Salvia, Viburnum and Solidago have the most entries, and borders and naturalising are the commonest uses.

borders: 485
naturalising: 358