Besides keeping intruders at bay, these sun loving shrubs are one of a few deer resistant plants. They are, frustratingly, rather irresistible to rabbits, so not ideal for edging crops or a veg patch.

Q : Can you identify the enclosed picture (see reader's photo)? It looks like impatiens, but they are in full sun. I thought maybe vincas, but the leaves are pointed. A: The plant in question ...

While most of the shrubs will survive ... These flowering annuals are the most deer-resistant: Ageratum, Angel's Trumpet, ...