They go for those (Thuja) particularly, just about any other kind of conifer will not be so affected most of the time.

Cryptomeria, spruce, juniper, pine

Holly, also are deer proof. Can get them in columnar varieties.

I have 18 green giant arborvities. The first winter the deer gave 2 of them a haircut, but they haven't bothered them since. They didn't eat enough to kill the 2. I ordered them online and they were small and I guess tender enough for the deer to try. They do love emerald green arborvities. I have several of them and I have a cage around them in the winter to keep from being dinner.

Yew. You can get it in a tall upright variety as well as low spreading shape. Tolerates some shade as well.

Thanks everyone, I'm looking into the junipers, skyrocket or spartan but nervous about it since they are pricey

I have yet to find anything that is actually deer resistant. A hungry deer will eat almost anything. We planted a row of Manhattan Blue Junipers and the bottom 3-4 feet have been eaten over the winter by deer. Same thing with our yew, sky pencil holly, and black ink holly.

These emeralds were not pruned by us, but by the deer. After some hard winters, it is obvious that they will eat almost anything. However, during the worst times, they did not eat the Dragon Lady holly. It is the only holly they did not eat. They have also not eaten our weeping pine, weeping spruce, mahonia, Alaska cedar, cryptomeria, leather leaf viburnum, or prague viburnum. They do not seem to ever touch any of the viburnums we have, but only prague is truly evergreen and not much of a bloomer, at least in my zone. When the deer are this bad, it makes gardening a creative challenge. Good luck!

I would like to hear more about plum yew for someone with first hand experience with them. I looked at some this spring and would consider them if I had some additional information on deer resistance. My deer issue is very serious. Throw in a ground hog or two and it gets even more interesting.

Deer(long-legged rats!) and groundhogs...sounds like my yard if you add a skunk or two!

I have some plum yews (Cephalotaxus) and they are highly deer resistant.

There's nothing here about your ZONE. That really matters not only for what plants you can grow but which plants deer are liable to resort to in your particular area.

I grow Cherry Laurels, several holly types (Prince/Princess, Inkberry, Nellie Stevens, Japanese and English Holly), Rhododendrons, Cephalotaxus (though the latter were nibbled on this past Winter), Boxwoods, Pieris, Skimmia japonica, clumbing bamboos, and Osmanthus heterophyllus.

There's nothing here about your ZONE. That really matters not only for what plants you can grow but which plants deer are liable to resort to in your particular area.

Deer resistance (and rose disease resistance) threads always contain reports of varying experiences, that appear to contradict one another - due to differences between one planting site and the next.

But unlike fungal disease spores deer can at least be fenced out. Which provides the only complete assurance that plants won't be damaged.

Attempting to fence out the deer can be prohibitively expensive.

I live in Maryland not far from you, and right next to a heavily wooded nature park. I constantly battle deer. I've moved on from yews, as my deer loved to eat them.