I need suggestions for deer proof plants .

I just did a search using these words. ' hardiness zone oregon, deer proof, shade, little water, tall plants '

Google turned up a lot of plants for each part of the search terms. I'm not sure if any of these meet all of your criteria or only one or two. Hopefully when you click on the picture, then on Visit Page, you'll find some answers.

HTH

Refer to Green Gardening with Ann Lovejoy of Log House Plants, regarding "Deer Resistant Plants." Sadly, when it comes to real living plants, “deer proof” is not a realizable goal. The best we can hope for is to come up with a list of generally deer resistant plants. What that usually boils down to is

1) a roster of plants that are outright toxic (castor beans, foxglove);

2) plants that deer don’t like well enough to eat all of (ivy, lavender), and

3) plants that grow faster than the deer can eat them (bamboo, grasses).

Bane or Beauty?

Voracious and charming, greedy and beautiful, deer can be the bane or the grace of the garden. Although young deer will eat pretty much anything, mature deer are more discriminating. Sort of. Though there really is no such thing as a deer-proof plant, there definitely are deer resistant ones. Often these are plants with hairy, smelly, waxy, dense, or highly textured foliage.

Over the years, I’ve seen many lists from all over the county citing plants deer love and plants deer hate. Amazingly, some of the same plants appear on each list. Evidently deer in one region happily eat things that deer elsewhere don’t.

What is your location?

Try planting Red Twig and other plants that deer like to feed on, far away from your garden. It looks pretty and steers them away from your garden. PLEASE don't use toxic plants!! So cruel. Deer are a critical part of our growth in socially chosen areas.

You can also try sprinkling Irish Spring soap shavings, a lot of people on Hometalk report that it helps a ton!