Deer and Other Critter Resistant-Bulbs

The varieties recommended below have been field tested in a suburban environment with a severe deer, squirrel, rabbit and chipmunk problem. The animals left all these recommended varieties alone. However, it must be remembered that animals will eat anything when stressed. Severe drought, severe cold/heat and construction projects which damage or destroy longstanding animal habitats will force animals to feast on vegetation they would ordinarily avoid.

Species Tulips Camassia
        Tulipa humilis violacea         C. quamash
        Tulipa humilis violacea         C. quamash
        Tulipa kolpakowskiana Scilla
        Tulipa linifolia         S. bifolia
        Tulipa marjoletti         S. siberica Spring Beauty
        Tulipa saxatilis Ornithogalum
        Tulipa turkestanica         O. nutans Silver Bells
All Narcissus         O. umbellatum
Crocus Eremurus
        Tomasinianus         E. bungei
        Tomasinianus roseus         E. robustus
Rock Garden Iris Species Lilies
        I. danfordiae         L. Black Beauty
        I. reticulata Cantab         L. cerneum
        I. bucharica         L. cerneum White
        I. reticulata Harmony         L. citronella
        I. tuberose         L. davidii
Chionodoxa         L. speciosum album
        C. forbesii         L. speciosum rubrum
        C. gigantean alba Erythronium
Galanthus Ixiolirion
        G. elwesii Leucojum
        G. nivalis Flore Pleno Puschkinia
Hyacinthus Orientalis         P. libanotica
        City of Haarlem         P. libanotica alba
        Gypsy Queen Allium
        Jan Bos         A. aflatunense
        L’Innocence         A. atropurpureum
        Pink Pearl         A. azureum
Hyacinthoides         A. cowanii
        H. non-scripta         A. flavum
        H. hispanica Dainty Maid         A. karativiense
Muscari         A. ostrowskianum
        M. ambrosiacum         A. pulchellum
        M. aucheri Blue Magic         A. schubertii
        M. botryoides album         A. sphaerocephalon
        M. comosum         A. unifolium
        M. comosum plumosum         A. albopilosum
        M. neglectum         A. rosenbachianum
Fritillaria
        F. acmopetala
        F. imperialis Crown Imperial lutea maxima
        F. imperialis Crown Imperial rubra maxima
        F. meleagris
        F. michailowskyi
        F. persica
        F. raddeana