What bushes are deer resistant and like shade?
What Deer Resistant Shrubs Can Grow in Shade? Arctic Fire Dogwood, Boxwood, Forsythia, Distylium, Dwarf Burford and Carissa Holly, Snowball Bush (Viburnum), Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper, Camellia, Pieris Mountain Fire, and Spring Bouquet Viburnum are deer resistant bushes that can grow in part shade. When it comes to shade-tolerant annuals that are least likely to be eaten by deer, Rutgers’ A list includes snapdragons, alyssum, nicotiana and cleome (I like dwarf ones, such as Senorita Rosalita). Those all will do reasonably well in light to part shade but not full shade.
What perennial plants thrive in shade?
If you have dry shade, be sure to check plants like Brilliance Autumn fern, grassy Carex pensylvanica, miniature Hosta ‘Mini Skirt’, and Saxifraga stolonifera. If you are looking for flowering shade plants, check out Lamium ‘Chequers’, Gentiana ‘True Blue’, Phlox procumbens ‘Variegata’, and Meehania cordata. Top choices include Hosta Halcyon, Hosta Big Daddy, Brunnera Jack Frost and Heuchera Palace Purple, all known for their beautiful foliage. For flowers, Helleborus orientalis, Astilbe Fanal, Geranium phaeum and Pulmonaria Trevi Fountain provide long lasting colour in shade.