Resistant Plants and Comments from rec.gardens, etc. M any people welcome these beautiful animals, but to gardeners they can be a scourge. They mangle shrubbery, denude vegetable gardens, dig plants out by the roots, eat flower buds, and trample everything in their path. Overnight they can reduce a beautiful well-planned garden to a shambles.
Deer are selective feeders.
Whether a particular plant is eaten depends on the season, plant palatability, availability of alternative foods, weather conditions, and nutritional needs. The more hungry they become, the less selective they will be. Controls range from resistant plants to twelve foot fences. Local conditions will determine what will work and what will not. Feeding Deer D eer often face starvation.