Foods Deer Like to Eat

Deer will eat almost anything, including tree bark, when they are hungry. Tulips, shrubs, bulbs, garden vegetables, flowering plants, and even birdseed are all delicacies for deer.  Please see below for a list of ornamental plants that deer really like.

    Deer and Ticks?

    Foods Deer Like To Eat

    Foods Deer Do Not Like

    Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea )

    Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)

    Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)

    EasternRedbud (Cercis canadensis)

    Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)

    Clematis (Clematis spp.)

    Cornelian Dogwood (Cornus mas)

    Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alatus)

    Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)

    English Ivy (Hedera helix)

    Apples (Malus spp.)

    Cherries (Prunus spp.)

    Plums (Prunus spp.)

    Rhododendrons (Rhododendron spp.)

    Evergreen Azaleas (Rhododendron spp.)

    Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron spp.)

    Hybrid Tea Rose (Rosa (x) hybrid)

    European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

    Yews (Taxus spp.)

    American Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)