How to Keep Deer Away From Tulips

Install a fence around your garden. While this is a more expensive solution to a deer browsing problem, it can be the ultimate solution to keep deer away from your tulips and the rest of your garden. A deer fence should be 8 feet high, which is the upper height that a white-tail deer can jump, and angled outward at 45 degrees.

Mix tulips in with daffodils and foxglove. Deer do not like these plants because they are toxic and they will most likely not eat plants that have made them sick in the past. If your tulips are mixed with daffodils, the deer may be more concerned with avoiding the toxic plants than with eating the tasty tulips.

Scatter dog hair in the area around the tulips. If you don't have your own dog that sheds, visit a local dog groomer and ask for a small bag of hair. If the deer smells the scent of a dog, it may be less likely to enter your garden and eat your tulips. While it would be ideal to have a dig patrolling your tulips day and night, the threat of a dog can be a deterrent as well.

Plant deer-deterrent pellets in the ground with the tulips. These pellets cause the tulips to have a bitter taste when they surface, which will deter the deer from eating them.