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Plants for Utah

48 plants, from deer-resistant lists, drought-tolerant lists and native lists held for Utah.

Resistant means eaten less often, not never; drought-tolerant means established, and in a normal year; native is a claim about a range, and ranges have edges.

Plants named by lists held for Utah

  • Arizona cypress Cupressus arizonica

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Big bluestem in a prairie planting: tall stems with branched turkey-foot seed heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    big bluestem Andropogon gerardii

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • bigtooth maple Acer grandidentatum

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Blazing star in bloom: upright spikes of fluffy rosy-purple flowers over grassy leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blazing star Liatris spicata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • Blue mist spirea in a foundation bed: grey-green leaves with clusters of bright blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    blue mist spirea Caryopteris × clandonensis

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • A broad bur oak in an open lawn, with acorns in shaggy fringed caps on a near branch
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    bur oak Quercus macrocarpa

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • Butterfly weed in bloom: flat clusters of bright orange flowers over narrow leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Catmint spilling over a garden path: grey-green leaves under spikes of lavender-blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    catmint Nepeta × faassenii

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • A chokecherry in spring bloom, hung with drooping spikes of small white flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    chokecherry Prunus virginiana

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 2 to 7

  • A Colorado blue spruce: a dense silvery-blue cone-shaped evergreen in a yard
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 2 to 7

  • A hackberry in a park lawn, its grey trunk covered in corky warts and ridges
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    common hackberry Celtis occidentalis

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 2 to 9

  • common juniper Juniperus communis

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • concolor fir Abies concolor

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • desert willow Chilopsis linearis

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Engelmann spruce Picea engelmannii

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • Gambel oak Quercus gambelii

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • ginkgo Ginkgo biloba

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • gooseberryleaf globemallow Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

    perennial

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese kerria Kerria japonica

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese silver grass in autumn: an arching fountain of white-ribbed blades under silky pink plumes
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Japanese silver grass Miscanthus sinensis

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • A Kentucky coffeetree after leaf drop, hung with thick dark brown seed pods
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 8

  • lacy buckwheat Eriogonum corymbosum

    shrub

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • limber pine Pinus flexilis

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • Little bluestem in autumn: an upright clump of copper-orange grass with silvery seed tufts
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • mountain lover Paxistima myrsinites

    shrub

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • mountain mahogany Cercocarpus montanus

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • A mugo pine in a rock garden: a low, dense mound of dark needles with pale new candles
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    mugo pine Pinus mugo

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Munro's globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana

    perennial

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • nandina Nandina domestica

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • Oregon grape Mahonia aquifolium

    shrub

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • A pinyon pine on a dry rocky slope: a small, bushy, rounded pine
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    pinyon pine Pinus edulis

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • A ponderosa pine on a dry slope, its tall trunk plated in orange-cinnamon bark
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones 3 to 7

  • Red twig dogwood in winter: bright red bare stems over a dusting of snow
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    red twig dogwood Cornus sericea

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones 3 to 7

  • red yucca Hesperaloe parviflora

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum

    tree

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Russian sage in a gravel bed: silvery stems under a haze of lavender-blue flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 5 to 9

  • saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia

    shrub

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea

    perennial

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • Shrubby cinquefoil in a foundation bed, dotted with flat yellow five-petalled flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    shrubby cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 7

  • singleleaf pinyon Pinus monophylla

    tree

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • Switchgrass in a border: an upright clump of blue-green blades under airy pink-tan seed heads
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    switch grass Panicum virgatum

    grass

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 5 to 9

  • Texas mountain laurel Sophora secundiflora

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low

    Zones not recorded

  • Threadleaf coreopsis: a fine, thread-leaved mound covered in small yellow star flowers
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata

    perennial

    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones 3 to 9

  • Utah holly Mahonia fremontii

    shrub

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

  • Utah juniper Juniperus osteosperma

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Low
    • Drought-tolerant Water-Wise

    Zones not recorded

  • Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis

    shrub

    • Native native Utah plants

    Zones not recorded

What the same lists say deer DO eat in Utah

  • mountain ninebark Physocarpus monogynus

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • A mugo pine in a rock garden: a low, dense mound of dark needles with pale new candles
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    mugo pine Pinus mugo

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

  • roses (shrub roses) Rosa spp.

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

  • A honeylocust in a front yard in autumn, its fine pinnate leaves yellow and long brown pods hanging
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones 3 to 8

  • A grove of quaking aspen in autumn: chalky white trunks with black knots under golden leaves
    Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock.

    quaking aspen Populus tremuloides

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones 1 to 6

  • Austrian pine Pinus nigra

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones 4 to 7

  • Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

  • smooth sumac Rhus glabra

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • concolor fir Abies concolor

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese maple Acer palmatum

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • European cranberrybush (snowball bush) Viburnum opulus

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • Siberian peashrub Caragana arborescens

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • bridalwreath spirea Spiraea × vanhouttei

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

  • Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata

    shrub

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

  • Arizona cypress Cupressus arizonica

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • bigtooth maple Acer grandidentatum

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability Med

    Zones not recorded

  • Scots pine Pinus sylvestris

    tree

    • Deer-resistant Deer Palatability High

    Zones not recorded

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Nurseries that carry this kind of stock

Listed in Utah: X Rock and Landscape Supply Cedar City, J&J Nursery Layton, Lomond View Nursery Ogden, Cactus & Tropicals Salt Lake City, Lambert Growers Salt Lake City, Millcreek Gardens Salt Lake City, and more. Set your area and the nearest come first, by distance and never by price. What any of them has today is theirs to answer. Every yard, by state.