Slug-proof plants

Slug busters

Slugs may have voracious appetites but they’re fussy eaters too – and therein lies an answer to a slimy problem. The good news is that there are a selection of plants that slugs, and snails, will steer clear of.

• Aquilegias
• Astilbes
• Astrantias
• Begonias
• Crocosmias
• Euphorbias
• Ferns
• Fuchsias
• Grasses
• Hardy geraniums
• Hellebores
• Hydrangeas
• Japanese anemones
• Lady’s mantle
• Lavenders
• Lilium henryi
• Pelargoniums
• Penstemons
• Roses
• Sedums

via Slug-proof plants | Plant features | Plants | BBC Gardeners’ World.