The next thing you need to plant is deer fencing. Otherwise the animals will always be deciding how you use your garden.

check out Brunnera & Cimicifuga

Not sure about zone 6b, but the deer where I live don’t touch peonies, ornamental onions, monkshood or creeping thyme. They occasionally nibble my irises but that is early in the season after the snow melts and there’s not much else around. But keep in mind the deer will try just about anything if they’re hungry. They tend not to read the lists of deer resistant plants! Good luck. I can definitely relate!

Embothrium, deer fencing is not always possible.

For shady areas, Brunnera, Cimicifuga (now Actaea, I think), Pulmonaria, Epimediums, Hellebores, Geranium maccrorhizum, Salvia koyame, Digitalis, Primula, Dodacatheons. Only a partial list.