Download Are Ornamental Cabbage Plants Deer Resistant PNG. That's not to say they don't do it, but i think the fact that grasses are pretty fibrous and not too high in moisture. Also, deer don't like flowers with strong odors.
Dig deeper into Muhly Grasses, the genus Muhlenbergia ... from i.pinimg.com Sometimes, deer browse new plantings or established plants with tender new growth, then avoid those same plants when their leaves are mature. These plants add another dimension of beauty and aromatic plants that deer dislike include chives, fennel, garlic, lavender, peonies, and ornamental salvias. Ornamental grasses can be considered deer resistant plants.
I say resistant because if hungry enough, or just felling adventurous, deer will eat almost anything, or at least nibble on it.
Deer prefer not to walk through sharp ornamental grasses or thorny brush to get to food. It's often an initial question on new landscape projects of all sizes. Deer resistant, repellent, deterrent, and deer proof can all be used synonymously with the topic. Unlike horses, cows, and sheep, deer eat by browsing instead of grazing, so they will often skip from plant to plant, nibbling here and there as opposed to munching in one area.
