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Deer Resistant Plants For Grosse Ile
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Bushes
American Barberry Bush (Berberis canadensis)*
American Holly (Ilex opaca)*
Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
Forsythia (Forsythia spp.)
Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)*
Inkberry (Ilex gabra)*
Ninebark (Physocarpus diablo)*
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrandea quercifolia)*
Red Chokeberry (Photinia arbutifolia)*
Red Oshier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)*
Silver Buffaloberry Bush (Shepherdia argentea)*
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)*
Western Green Giant Cedar (Thuja plicata)*
Winter Gem Boxwood (Buxus micophylla)

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Flowers (Perrenials)

Autumn Joy (Sedum spectabile)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
Cardinal Flower (Lobella cardinalia)*
Columbine (Aquilegia spp.)*
Coneflower (Rudbeckia spp.)*
Catmint (Nepeta cataria)
Daffodils (Narcissus spp.)
Eastern Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana)*
Foxglove (Digitalis spp.)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema thiphylum)*
Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)*
Lavender (Lavandula spp.)
Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)
Yarrow (Achillea millefollium)

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Trees
European White Birch (Betula pendula)
European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulate)
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)*
White Spruce (Picea glauca)*

Native species denoted by asterisk

(List compiled by Douglas Thiel 2022)
 

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