What will deer leave alone, hopefully
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I will be doing 2 new beds at the front of my garden which is east facing. I live in a bungalow so it gets a fair amount of sunshine. However the neighbours tell me that deer wander down the road at night and do eat certain plants. I will pick my neighbours brains for ideas but wondered if anybody had any ideas. I am a novice gardener so do not want anything too complicated but do like time spent pottering in the garden. I would like a main shrub in each of the beds. Azaleas seem to do quite well and seem to be left alone. Any ideas gratefully received 
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The RHS has a list of plants they reckon to be resistant, if not completely deer-proof:-
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=185
You can check the care and cultivation needs of each one to decide if it will be suitable for your situation - sun, soil, rainfall, exposure to wind and frost etc...
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
We are plagued by deer, and over the years have found quite a few things are left alone - made this list for someone else recently - hope it helps
Plants our deer don't eat
Spring bulbs
Snowdrops
Daffodils
Hellebores
Primroses
Scilla
Chinodoxa
Alliums
Summer Annuals
Petunias
Isotoma
Salvia
Diascia
Lobelia (they sometimes have a nibble, but don't come back for more)
Rudbeckias (the half hardy ones with fuzzy leaves ...they do eat the perennials like Goldstrum)
Zinnias
Perennials
Peonies
Oriental poppies
Lavender
Aquilegias
Echinops
Euphorbia
Lupins
Centaurea montana
Agapanthus
Nerines
Lithodora
Aubretia
Sempervirums
Sage
Oregano
Rosemary
Cyclamen (the hardy ones, not the fancy ones sold as winter bedding)
Ferns
Hostas (although they eat the flower spikes they leave the leaves alone)
Heathers
Grasses
Shrubs
Daphne
Most viburnums
Hydrangea macrophyllia ( not the paniculata ones)
Box
Pieris
Buddleja
Rhodedendrons and deciduous azaleas (not evergreen azaleas)
Magnolia stellata
Wisteria
Cotoneaster
Pyracantha
Thanks for that, never thought to check there. I live in Dorset so weather is quite good most of the time, saying that thunderstorms predicted this afternoon. Looking forward to many hours wandering around garden centres , dont think my husband is but his favourite phrase at the moment is "how much ! "
Thanks chicky, was posting my earlier reply before i saw your post.
Which species of deer? Muntjac will eat more things than roe, little sods scoffed my tulips and crocus this year which the roe deer had left alone.
Ooh thanks for the list Chicky, we keep getting them in our garden lately. They munched our rose bushes and also two young black lace shrubs. The latter now look like they've had it!
They may look like pretty bambi but I don't want them in my garden!!!
No idea what sort of deer they are , have not seen them. Heard a noise last night , looked out but nothing , maybe next time. So looking forward to doing my garden so trying to plan the plants so they will be left alone. Thanks for all the advice , much appreciated.
Steephill, how do you tell what type they are?
Muntjacs are quite small Lily - about the size of a dog or a fox .....and if you get a close enough look at them they have funny fangs that hang out the side of their mouth. We have mostly roe, with a very occasional sighting of a little fella
lots of id features on all. Googleimages is good for pictures. Look up Fallow (there are three forms: dark brown, spotty and pale), Roe, Munkjack and Red.