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Slug Resistant Plants


Overview:

Many herbaceous plants can be susceptible to slug and snail attack, although some are less prone than others.

Slugs and snails tend to avoid any plants that are tough, hairy and bitter,and plants with pungent-smelling foliage.

This list should be only treated as a guide, because in some instances, they will attack some of these plants if their favourite varieties are unavailable.


A
Acanthus mortis - Achillea flipendulina - Agapanthus - Ajuga - Alchemilla mollis - Alyssum - Anemone - Antirrhinum - Aquilegia - Arabis - Armeria - Artemesia - Aster - Astilbe - Astrantia - Aubretia.
B
Begonia - Bergenia.
C
Centaurea - Chicory - Corn salad - Corydalis lutea -Cranesbill-Crocosmia
D
Dianthus - Dicentra spectabilis - Digitalis purpurea.
E
Endive - Eryngium - Euphorbia
F
Fennel - Ferns - Fuchsia.
G
Gaillardia - Garlic - Geranium (Cranesbill) - Geum - Grasses (Ornamental)
H
Hellebores -Hemerocallis -Heuchera -Hydrangea.
I
 
J
Japanese Anemone.
K
 
L
Landcress - Lavender - Liatris - Lysimachia punctata.
M
Myosotis
N
Narcissus - Nepeta.
O
 
P
Paeony - Papaver orientale - Pelargonium - Penstemon - Periwinkle - Persicaria - Phlox - Phlox paniculata - Physostegia virginiana - Polemonium foliosissimum - Polygonum - Potentilla - Pulmonaria.
Q
 
R
Roses - Rudbeckia - Ruta (Rue)
S
Salvia officinalis purpurascens - Salvia x superba (Sage) - Saxifraga x urbium (London Pride) - Scabiosa caucasica - Sedum spectabile - Sempervivums - Sisyrinchium - Solidago - Stachys macrantha.
T
Tanacetum coccineum - Thalictrum - Tiarella - Tomato - Tradescantia - Tropaeolum - Tulip.
U
 
V
Verbascum (Mullein) - Viola cornuta - Viola odorata.
W
Wallflower.
X
 
Y
 
Z
Zantedeschia.