Do Deer Eat Malva?

terrene. The deer must find plants in the mallow family to be quite tasty. I don't get much grazing in my gardens, but this year they nibbled on the Aster laevis and the Lavatera trimestris - which is an annual mallow.

What plants do deer hate the most?

Daffodils, foxgloves, and poppies are common flowers with a toxicity that deer avoid. Deer also tend to turn their noses up at fragrant plants with strong scents. Herbs such as sages, ornamental salvias, and lavender, as well as flowers like peonies and bearded irises, are just “stinky” to deer.

Do you cut back Malva?

Lavatera plants, otherwise known as garden mallow, tree mallow, or rose Mallow, are originally from the Mediterranean. ... That is best done by pruning your lavatera, in fact, they respond very well from a hard pruning as the new growth produces lots of flowers and if left unpruned they often become very woody.