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DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SHADE

Fothergilla illustration by Karen Blackerby Logan

DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SHADE

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Sorbaria sorbifolia (Tree Astilbe )

Clethra alnifolia

FOTHERGILLA
(Native) (Deer Resistant)

  • Fothergilla Mt. Airy

  • Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarfed)

SPIREA
(Seldom severely damaged by deer)

  • Spirea Anthony Waterer

  • Spirea Snow Mound

VIBURNUM

  • Viburnum dentatum (Native) (Rarely damaged by deer)

    • Viburnum dentatum Blue Muffin (Rarely damaged by deer)

    • Viburnum dentatum Sparkler (Rarely damaged by deer)

  • Viburnum plicatums (a non native species)

    • Viburnum plicatum Mariesii

    • Viburnum plicatum Popcorn

  • Viburnum carlesii Spice Baby 

DECIDUOUS TREES & SHRUBS

  • Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry (Native) (Seldom severely damaged by deer)

  • Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye) (Native) (Rarely damaged by deer)

  • Deciduous Azaleas (Native) Deer love evergreen Azaleas but are less likely to eat deciduous ones.

  • Heptacodium micinoides (Seven-Son Flower) (Rarely damaged by deer) Fragrant flowers late in the season followed by beautiful fall display.

  • Rhus aromatica 'Gro Low' (Rarely damaged by deer)

  • Sorbaria sorbifolia (Tree Astilbe ) (Rarely damaged by deer) Spreads vigorously. Try 'SEM' for a more compact and controlled cultivar.

CLETHRA alnifolia
(All Native) (Rarely damaged by deer)

  • Clethra Vanilla Spice

  • Clethra Hummingbird 

  • Clethra Ruby Spice 

HYDRANGEA

  • Hydrangea arborescens (Native)

  • Hydrangea Macrophylla (Big Leaf) (Occasionally severely damaged by deer)

  • Hydrangea petiolaris (Climbing) (Occasionally severely damaged by deer)

  • Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf) (Occasionally severely damaged by deer)