Annuals are the shooting stars of the garden: bright, vibrant, and only available for a short period of time! Nobody wants deer chewing on the annuals that we only get to enjoy for a short time. Deer resistant annuals include plants like snapdragons, nasturtium, cosmos, sweet alyssum, and salvia, which all have flowers grown on woodier stems. Coneflowers, asters, or mums grown as annuals also have woody stems. Most shade-friendly plants are also deer resistant, since shade plants require acidic soil and have an acidic taste, so wax or angel-wing begonias, Persian shields, or caladiums can be good deer-resistant annuals.