Many Salvias (and there are a bazillion spp) love sun and are deer resistant. Lavenders are another.

wanda

Iris,jonquils are great. Deer won't touch them. Cleomes are great. Mint, gaillardia. russian sage, coneflowers, all the grasses. So far, they have never touched my crepe myrtle or japanese maple and they've eaten everything else around it. Zinnias are fine. Cosmos. Lambs ears. Vinca major and minor, but be careful it is invasive, the same with ageratum.

Also marigold and geranium

I discovered that stringing heavy fishing line about 2 feet above my garden - making an open web - keeps the deer out. They feel something against their legs, which are so skinny they have to be really careful of not breaking them, and so they stay away. This web has worked perfectly for me since summer.