Is Saponaria Deer Resistant?

Deer Resistance

• Deer tend to find plants in the saponaria family unpalatable. Also known as rock soapwort or bouncingbet, this perennial produces fragrant flowers. Deer tend to avoid plants with a strong aroma and a bitter taste.
  
  

Features

• Saponaria produces clusters of five-petaled, white to pink flowers in the late summer and fall. Plants can grow up to 6 inches tall. Saponaria leaves can grow up to 4 inches long and 2 inches wide, and have 3 veins along each leaf. Saponaria stems produce a soap-like lather when smashed.
  
  

Habitat

• Saponaria plants used to be cultivated for use as soap. Now the plant generally is considered a weed. Saponaria grows in pastures, fields and along roadsides. Plants usually grow in groups.