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Ferns for Full Sun and Deer Resistance

Deer avoid ferns. Southern shield fern (Thelypteris kunthii) tolerates full sun with watering. Autumn fern, holly fern, Christmas fern are evergreen and drought-tolerant but need shelter from hot afternoon sun.

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