These deer-resistant annuals are colorful, easy-to-grow, and won’t appeal to foraging deer.
Colorful, deer-resistant annuals are a good way to fill your summer gardens and vases.
Whiledeer will eat just about anythingif theyre really hungry, they do have preferences.
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Shorter varieties can be planted along walkways, the front of a bed, or in amixed container.
Taller varieties make attractive cut flowers.
Their large flower clusters givea tropical lookto the back of a bed.
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They often re-seed themselves when conditions are favorable.
These non-stop blooming annuals come in shades of purple, pink, and white.
The flowers appear all summer long in densely packed upright spikes.
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They are particularly striking when planted in masses or drifts.
Compact selections add a bold splash of color to container gardens.
No wonder deer leave it alone!
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Each blossom resembles a tiny dragons head.
These flowers add a colorful vertical accent to a border and are fantastic for cutting.
Flowers, which are often bi-colored, resemble small snapdragons.
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While it thrives with regular moisture, angelonia withstands both heat and periods of drought.
Its a great choice for container gardens or as an edging for beds.
Itattracts butterflies, tolerates drought, and makes a colorful addition to borders and container gardens.
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The flowers are great for cutting fresh and for drying.
For a bushier habit, pinch back the new growth of young plants.
Their dainty pink, purple, blue, or white flowers put on a steady show all summer long.
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Its a veritable blooming machine.
Although perennial in warmer regions,dusty milleris typically grown as an annual.
The fine-textured leaves serve as excellent filler incut flower arrangements.
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Lantana
Althoughlantana is perennialin warm climates, it is commonly grown as an annual.
Many selections have a trailing habit thats perfect for spilling over the edge of a wall or container.
If you choose to include it in your garden, confine it in beds and deadhead it regularly.
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Fortunately,deer generally dislike plants with intense fragrance, so they leave these elegant bloomers alone.
They appear from late springuntil frost.
It provides great color and textural contrast to brightly hued annual flowers both in bedsand containers.
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They contrast well with yellow or orange marigolds or calendula.
To encourage a bushier plant and more foliage, pinch out the top of young plants.
They continue to bloom steadily, when many other flowering annuals have faded.
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Some selections sport dark brown centers while others have green centers.
The petals may be yellow, gold, burgundy, or bi-colored.
The coarse hairs on their leaves and stems make them deer resistant.
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Selections may be mounding or trailing.
This drought tolerant plant is perennial in warm climates but is usually grown as an annual.
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