The Most Popular Deer-Resistant Perennials in Zone 10

Black-eyed Susan

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 31 varieties. Dark-centered gold daisies create a durable bridge from summer into fall.

Blanket Flower

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 24 varieties. Warm, banded daisies keep flowering through heat that slows many perennials.

Milkweed

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 15 varieties. Milkweeds are essential monarch host plants as well as rich nectar sources.

American Aster

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 24 varieties. North American asters provide essential late nectar in clouds of small daisies.

Red Hot Poker

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 36 varieties. Torch-like flower spikes add blazing vertical color and draw hummingbirds.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 52 varieties. Small flower clusters on airy stems add nectar without visually crowding a border.

Fennel

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 5 varieties. Feathery, anise-scented foliage supports airy pollinator umbels and an edible harvest.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 258 varieties. Sword-like leaves and intricate flowers give beds a strong architectural rhythm.

Tickseed

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 63 varieties. Cheerful daisies keep coming over airy foliage through the heat of summer.

Hyssop

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 63 varieties. Aromatic foliage and nectar-rich flower spikes keep pollinators returning for weeks.

Beardtongue

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 49 varieties. Tubular flowers rise above tidy foliage and supply nectar in lean, sunny soil.

Stonecrop

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 105 varieties. Water-storing foliage and late flower plates keep sunny beds useful through drought.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 46 varieties. Sword-like evergreen rosettes and towering flower stalks thrive in exposed ground.

Red Yucca

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 3 varieties. Its representative is notable for being North American native and dry-spell tolerant.

Sage

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 176 varieties. Aromatic leaves and upright nectar-rich flowers perform through heat and lean soil.

Lily of the Nile

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 21 varieties. Its representative is notable for being dry-spell tolerant and usually passed over by deer.

Twinspur

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 2 varieties. Its representative is notable for being dry-spell tolerant and usually passed over by deer.

Peruvian Lily

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 17 varieties. Its representative is notable for being usually passed over by deer and late spring, summer, fall flowering.

Globe Mallow

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 3 varieties. Its representative is notable for being dry-spell tolerant and usually passed over by deer.

Oregano

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 15 varieties. Its representative is notable for being dry-spell tolerant and usually passed over by deer.