Morning glory is an herbaceous annual that is rarely damaged by deer.
Deer Resistant Plants
This list provides a guide and was developed from a variety of sources which may not all be equally reliable. Note that no plant is completely "deer proof", particularly when deer densities are high.
1. WOODY Ornamental Plants RARELY Damaged by Deer
2. HERBACEOUS Plants RARELY Damaged by Deer
Annuals/Biennials
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Ageratum
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Blanket flower
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Blue salvia
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Cleome
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Dahlia
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Datura
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Dusty Miller
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Edging Lobelia
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Forget-me-not
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Four o'clock
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Heliotrope
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Marigold
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Morning glory
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Nicotiana
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Parsley
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Polka-dot plant
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Poppy
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Snapdragon
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Sweet alyssum
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Sweet basil
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Verbena
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Wax begonia
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Zonal geranium
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Perennials
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Amsonia
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Anemones
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Angelica
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Astilbe
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Avens
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Baby's breath
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Balloon flower
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Barrenwort
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Basket of gold
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Beebalm
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Bergenia
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Bleeding heart
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Boltonia
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Bugbane
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Buttercup
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Butterfly bush
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Candytuft
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Christmas fern
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Cinnamon fern
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Cinquefoil
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Clematis
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Columbine
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Coreopsis
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Crown imperial
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Daffodil
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Dead nettle
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Evening primrose
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False indigo
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Feverfew
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Forget-me-not
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Garlic chives
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Gas plant
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Globe thistle
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Goldenrod
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Hay-scented fern
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Heath
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Heather
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Hellebore
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Hungarian speedwell
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Interrupted fern
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Jack-in-the-pulpit
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Japanese pachysandra
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Joe pyeweed
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Kirengeshoma
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Labrador violet
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Lamb's ear
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Lavender
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Lily-of-the-valley
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Lupine
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Lungwort
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Mint
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Mullein
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New York fern
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Oregano
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Ornamental onion
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Ostrich fern
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Oriental poppy
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Partridgeberry
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Pennyroyal
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Perennial blue flax
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Plumbago
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Primrose
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Purple coneflower
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Queen-of-the-prarie
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Ribbon grass
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Royal fern
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Sage
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Scilla
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Shasta daisy
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Spike gayfeather
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Statice
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Sundrops
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Sweet Cicely
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Sweet William
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Sweet woodruff
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Tiger lily
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Turtlehead
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Tussock bellflower
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Wisteria
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Wormwood
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Yarrow
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3. WOODY Ornamental Plants SELDOM Severely Damaged by Deer
American bittersweet
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Austrian pine
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Beautybush
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Chinese junipers
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Common sassafras
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Corkscrew willow
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English hawthorn
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European beech
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European white birch
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Forsythia
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Honey locust
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Inkberry
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Japanese flowering cherry
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Japanese wisteria
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Kousa dogwood
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Mugo pine
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Pitch pine
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Red osier dogwood
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Red pine
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Redvein enkianthus
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Scots pine
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White spruce
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4. WOODY Ornamental Plants OCCASIONALLY Damaged by deer
Allegheny serviceberry
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Anthony water spirea
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Basswood
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Border forsythia
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Bridalwreath spirea
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Bush cinquefoil
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Carolina hemlock
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Chestnut oak
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Climbing hydrangea
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Common horsechestnut
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Cranberry cotoneaster
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Dawn redwood
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Deciduous azaleas
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Doublefile viburnum
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Downy serviceberry
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Eastern hemlock
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Eastern red cedar
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Eastern white pine
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European larch
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Greenspire littleleaf linden
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Japanese flowering quince
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Japanese tree lilac
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Judd viburnum
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Koreanspice viburnum
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Leatherleaf viburnum
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Northern red oak
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Oldfashion weigelia
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Panicled dogwood
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Paperbark maple
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Red maple
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Rockspray cotoneaster
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Rosebay rhododendron
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Rose of Sharon
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Saucer magnolia
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Smokebush
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Smooth hydrangea
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Staghorn sumac
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Sugar maple
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Sweet cherry
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Sweet mock orange
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Trumpet creeper
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Virginia creeper
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White fir
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White oak
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Willows
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5. HERBACEOUS Plants OCCASIONALLY Damaged by Deer
Annuals & Biennials
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Pansy
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Sunflower
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Perennials
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Coneflower
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Cranesbill geranium
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Iris
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Meadow rue
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Peony
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Sedum
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Wood hyacinth
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6. WOODY Ornamental Plants FREQUENTLY Severely Damaged by Deer
American arborvitae
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Atlantic white cedar
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Apples
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Atlantic white cedar
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Balsam fir
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Catawba rhododendron
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Cherries
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Clematis
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English yew
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English/Japanese hybrid yew
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European mountain ash
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Evergreen azaleas
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Frazer fir
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Hybrid tea rose
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Japanese yew
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Pinxterbloom azalea
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Plums
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Rhododendrons
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Wintercreeper
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7. HERBACEOUS Plants FREQUENTLY Damaged by Deer
Annuals & Biennials
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Hollyhocks
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Impatiens
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Perennials
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Cardinal flower
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Crocus
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Daylily
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Goatsbeard
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Hosta
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Lilies
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Phlox
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Roses
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Tulips
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Last updated February 13, 2023