Plants that slugs hate?????

Meelich

Hi there -

You will have seen my other thread about how slugs are attacking my new lupins and delphiniums.

Given that I have small children many of the solutions (like beer traps) and copper collars (useful bracelets for a small girl) won't really work.

So, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of plants that slugs don't like. I'm also particularly interested in slug resistent perennials and plants/shrubs suitable for smaller suburban gardens that have more than one season of interest.

Here's my list so far, please do add to it so we can all avoid some expensive mistakes;

Slug resistent perennials:
poppies
dicentra spectabilis
marguerites

slug resistent bulbs:
tulips
daffs
irises (but not lillies)
agapanthus
tigridia
gladioli

Other slug resistent plants:
angel's fishing rods
arum lilly
watsonii
lavender
roses
camellia
phormiums
evergreen shrubs such as hebe
hydrangea

any others?

And maybe for reference: plants slugs love:
sunflowers
delphiniums
dahlias
rudebeckia/echinacea

AbsentPonderer

slugs started to eat my pansies lately! and they were in a high enough container! what a dirty shower ha!

Freemount09

AbsentPonderer wrote: »

slugs started to eat my pansies lately! and they were in a high enough container! what a dirty shower ha!

Spray the container / raised bed with WD40 to keep slugs at bay ! I think its the smell of the stuff that they can't stand

Nonmonotonic

Nematodes are the way to go. Or get some toads or ducks.
Dont know of any slug resistant plant bar a cactus!

HardyEustace

Pelargonium (I used to think of them as geraniums)

But then again, they seem to eat anything is there is nothing else about. This year, they scaled the daffodil stalks, ate the outer leaves and slithered their way back down again. It took me a couple of days to realise what was going on. :mad:

robin3

Good idea, my poor little sunflowers have been disappearing still inside on the window sill but planted in regular garden soil not compost and for a few days wondering what was happening but then spotted a small baby slug who seemed to have developed quite a taste for them.
Hoping they don't get my strawberries, going to try putting straw around them, I've also heard people breaking up egg shells into a circle around a plant they want to protect or salt used in the same way. I'll let you know how I get on!