Shrubs

• Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) - deciduous shrub with white flowers and blue-black berries

• Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) - has small purple berries in autumn; fall foliage yellow

• Clethra Alnifolia (Summersweet) - ‘Hummingbird’ (small) and ‘Ruby Spice’ (pink blooms)

• Elderberry (Sambuccus) - large shrub with edible flowers and berries.

• Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica) - low and very wide groundcover type shrub, red fall foliage.

• Holly, American (Ilex opaca) - female plant has berries only if pollinated by a male holly in the area.

• Hydrangea (Hydrangea aborscens) - Smoothleaf hydrangea has white blooms on new growth so it can be pruned in spring

• Leucothoe ( L. axillaris & L. fontanesiana) - a graceful broad leaf evergreen for shade

• Physocarpus Opulifolia (Ninebark) - potentially large flowering shrub; can be pruned to size you prefer.

• Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) - grows in light shade to full sun with weeks of scarlet fall foliage.

Vines

• Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) - rampant vine with large orange or yellow blooms that attract hummingbirds (can be invasive as spreading roots send up additional shoots).

• Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) - fast growing vine which clings to surfaces; red foliage in the fall if growing in sun.

Additional Information

• NJ Native Plant Information

For more information on Deer Resistant Plants pick up a brochure in Borough Hall.