Low-Maintenance, Drought-Tolerant Deer-Resistant Ground Covers

Low-upkeep ground covers for dry ground that mostly escape deer browsing. Compare spread, water needs, and hardiness zone.

Germander

Coral Honeysuckle

Common Yarrow

Common Lantana

The front of a border and the top of a bank are both ground cover work, and both are where deer step. These ground covers are also the low-upkeep ones. Every one of them takes dry spells once it is settled. Most earn their place on the flowers.

ground covers: 49
hardiness zones: 3 to 11

These ground covers still put on a display, which is the part people expect to lose. You can find ground covers here that flower in spring and summer, with colour running on when the rest of the garden has finished. Most of the colour is purple, white and pink.

spring: 34
summer: 31

A single group, but not a single look: the range is wide enough that no two borders need look alike. Thymus and Sedum have the most entries, and borders and mass planting are the commonest uses.

borders: 36
mass planting: 36