Deer Resistant Shrubs

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Stop losing your landscape to deer. TN Nursery’s deer-resistant shrubs are plants deer usually pass over because of their scent, taste, or texture. Choose from boxwood, spicebush, lilac, forsythia, spirea, witch hazel and more, grown by a family-owned Tennessee nursery since 1959. Prices start at $16.99. Buy Deer Resistant Shrubs Online, Direct From the Grower If deer visit your yard, you already know what they can do. One night they strip a row of new shrubs down to bare stems. The surest fix isn’t sprays or fences. It’s planting shrubs deer don’t want to eat in the first place. Every shrub in this collection is one deer tend to avoid. When you buy from TN Nursery, you’re buying from the farm that grew them. We’ve raised plants in McMinnville, Tennessee for three generations, and every shrub is dug fresh, inspected, and shipped during the planting season. Why Deer Avoid Certain Shrubs Deer are browsers, and they choose food by smell, taste and texture. They tend to skip shrubs with: Strong scents: Aromatic leaves, like those of spicebush and Carolina allspice, are unappealing to deer. Bitter or toxic leaves: Boxwood leaves contain compounds that are bitter and toxic to deer. Tough, leathery or fuzzy foliage: Leaves like these are hard to chew and unpleasant to eat. Shrubs with tender, smooth, mild-tasting leaves are the ones deer go for first. Are Any Shrubs Deer-Proof? No shrub is completely deer-proof. A hungry deer will eat almost anything, especially in late winter when food is scarce, or during drought. “Deer resistant” means deer usually leave a plant alone when they have other choices. The shrubs below are among the most reliable, and planting several of them makes your whole yard less attractive to deer. Deer Resistant Shrubs in This Collection Boxwood (among the most deer resistant shrubs): Boxwood is one of the shrubs deer avoid most consistently. Choose from: Green Velvet Boxwood : rounded and compact Wintergreen Boxwood : very cold-hardy and stays green