I have a gardening friend who likes to grow Arborvitae and has to fence in each plant to prevent damage Arborvitae is on the list of plants deer like to munch.
Find out what your friends have trouble with and what they have success with when deer are involved. One of the best sources for local information about deer resistant plants is to ask a fellow gardener. I easily found that New Jersey, Minnesota, and Colorado Extension information matches my own experience with the plants listed above. The internet allows cross referencing this government information. Many county Extension offices have fact sheets for local deer resistant plants. The key to identifying deer resistant plants for your landscape is to conduct a little research. I don't currently grow these plants but will in my new landscape. Here are some plants for shade or partial shade areas. Many of them require little irrigation, which is a plus in my arid region. All of them are very resistant to deer in most landscapes. There is no lack of color, texture, and variety in this list. Lucky for me, many of the plants I like to grow are naturally deer resistant I have a minor deer problem at my current house and have never had a problem with these plants: Let's begin with deer resistant plants for full sun locations. For every gardener who has never had deer eat his plants there is another gardener who has deer eat every one of hers.
That's why there are so many conflicting discussions by gardeners as to whether a plant is deer resistant. When their only food sources are deer resistant plants, then that's what they'll eat. When deer have access to water and plants they like, they'll leave less desirable plants alone. An assumption in growing deer resistant plants is that there are other food sources available to local herds.
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