This document lists 98 deer resistant plant species that can be used for xeriscaping in the Rocky Mountains. It notes that while these plants have rarely been eaten on a property in Boulder, Colorado, plants that receive more water and fertilizer are more likely to be eaten than those grown with minimal irrigation and fertilization. It identifies several plants marked with an asterisk that deer will occasionally eat from but not destroy.

1. Rocky Mountain Xeriscape: Deer Resistant Plants
1. Alpine Currant Ribes alpinum
2. American Plum Prunus Americana
3. Anthony Waterer Spirea Spiraea ‘Anthony Waterer’
4. Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa
5. Austrian Copper Rose Rosa foetida ‘Bicolor’
6. Basket-of-Gold * Aurinia saxitalis
7. Big Western Sage * Artemisia tridentata
8. Bluebell Mertensia spp.
9. Bluemist Spirea Caryopteris clandonensis
10. Boulder Raspberry Rubus deliciosus
11. Burning Bush Euonymus alatus
12. Chocolate Flower Berlandiera lyrata
13. Cliffrose Cowania neo-mexicana
14. Colorado Spruce Picea pungens
15. Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
16. Common Juniper Juniperus communis
17. Concolor Fir Abies concolor
18. Creeping Oregon Grape Holly Mahonia repens
19. Creeping Phlox Phlox subulata
20. Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius
21. Daffodil Narcissus spp.
22. Daylily Hemerocallis spp.
23. Delphinium Delphinium spp.
24. Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
25. Dwarf Leadplant Amorpha nana
26. English Ivy Hedera helix
27. Fernbush Chamaebatiaria millefolium
28. Flax * Linum spp.
29. Four-Wing Saltbush Atriplex canescens
30. Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii
31. Globe Thistle Echinops spp.
32. Golden Banner Thermopsis spp.
33. Golden Clematis Clematis tangutica
34. Golden Currant Ribes aureum
35. Goldenrod Solidago spp.
36. Grape Vitis spp.
37. Hancock Coralberry Symphoricarpos ‘Hancock’
38. Honeylocust Gleditsia triancanthos spp.
39. Iris Iris spp.
40. Lavender Lavandula spp.
41. Lavender Cotton Santolina spp.
42. Leadplant Amorpha canescens
43. Lenten Rose Helleborus spp.
44. Ligusticifolia Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia

2. 45. Lilac Syringa spp.
46. Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis
47. Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta
48. Marjoram Marjoram spp.
49. Mexican Hat Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera
50. Mint Menta spp.
51. Mountain Ninebark Physocarpus monogynus
52. Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa
53. Native Chokecherry * Prunus virginiana
54. Native Gayfeather Liatris punctata
55. Oregano Origanum spp.
56. Oregon Grape Holly Mahonia aquifolium
57. Oriental Clematis Clematis orientalis
58. Paper Flower Psilostrophe spp.
59. Penstemon Penstemon spp.
60. Peony Paeonia spp.
61. Persian Yellow Rose Rosa foetida ‘Persiana’
62. Pinon Pine Pinus edulis
63. Potentilla Potentilla spp.
64. Prickly Pair Cactus Opuntia spp.
65. Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
66. Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemon purpureum
67. Pyracantha Pyracantha spp.
68. Quince Chaenomeles spp.
69. Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus spp.
70. Red-Hot Poker Kniphofia spp.
71. Redtwig Dogwood * Cornus sericea
72. Rhubarb Rheum spp.
73. Rock Spirea Holodiscus dumosus
74. Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum
75. Rocky Mountain Zinnia Zinnia grandiflora
76. Rose-O-Sharon Hibiscus syriacus
77. Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
78. Salvia (cooking sage) Salvia spp.
79. Sedum * Sedum spp.
80. Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum spp.
81. Silver Buffaloberry Sheperdia argentea
82. Snow Drop Galanthus spp.
83. Snow-in-Summer Cerastium tomentosum
84. Soapwort Saponaria spp.
85. Southernwood Sage Artemisia arbortanum
86. Spinach Spinacia oleracea
87. Spurge Euphorbia spp.
88. Sweet Autumn Clematis Clematis terniflora
89. Sweet William Dianthus barbatus
90. Tatarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica

3. 91. Three-Leaf Sumac Rhus trilobata
92. Thyme Thymus spp.
93. Van Houtte Spirea Spiraea ‘Vanhoutteii’
94. Virginia Creeper Parthenicissus quinquefolia
95. White Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
96. Wild Geranium Geranium spp.
97. Yarrow Achillea spp.
98. Yucca (flowers eaten) Yucca spp.
Notes:
1. These plants have rarely been eaten on Hollyberry Lane in Boulder.
2. Plants that are heavily watered and fertilized are more often eaten than when
grown without irrigation and special fertilization.
3. * Indicates plants eaten occasionally, but not destroyed.