Louisiana iris also grows well in the local area. You would think that the most popular plant of a grazing animal like deer would be grass, but this is not the case. Lawns are seldom browsed by deer. Other members of the grass family that are worthy of note are in the genus Miscanthus. which has many variations of color, including blood grass which comes in several striking color patterns. Culinary and medicinal herbs are also deer resistant.
Most cornmon herbs are easy to grow and quite drought resistant.
Many native plants, in addition to the few mentioned, are also resistant to deer.