If you are looking for deer resistant palms, you shouldn't have any trouble finding some in your area. In general, deer usually leave palms alone if there is something else to eat. However, if deer are starving, there are no palms are completely deer proof. A deer proof garden may not be totally possible, but this is chart of deer resistant palms, combined with deer resistant trees and deer resistant shrubs will give you a well rounded deer resistant landscape.
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME | COMMENTS | ZONE OR STATE SOURCE |
Beaucarnea recurvata | Ponytail, Bottle Palm | Deer resistant palms | OR |
Butia capitata | Jelly or Pindo Palm | Trunk forming type | NC |
Chamaerops humilis | Mediterranean Fan Palm | Shrub type | NC,OR, Zones 4,5,6,7 |
Cordyline australis | Dracaena Palm | Deer resistant palms | OR |
Erythea armata | Mexican Blue Palm | Deer resistant palms | OR |
Phoenix species | Date Palm | Deer resistant palms | OR |
Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Needle Palm | Shrub type | NC |
Sabal blackburniana | Hispaniolan Palmetto | Deer resistant palms | OR |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto | Shrub type | NC |
Sabal palmetto | Palmetto or Cabbage Palm | Trunk forming type | NC |
Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | Shrub type | NC |
Trachycarpus fortunei | Windmill Palm | Trunk forming type | NC,OR |
