What plants DON'T slugs like to eat?

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I have major slug snail population, not prepared to put poison down, but am really fed up with buying expensive slug food most weekends!

Ps, Geraniums seem to be safe

Put aload of broken eggs shells on the ground around the plants, it apparently stops the getting near

I've heard that slugs don't like nasturtiums. I got this tip from Dirt Girl World! Shame they didn't mention how black fly absolutely love them, they certainly do in my garden anyway!

They dont like plants with aromatic/"furry" foliage, so things like lavender, sage, verbascum, rosemary, verbena, cistus, euphorbia are all fine.
IME penstemon are untouched by slugs, as are hellebores, foxgloves, ferns.

Copper and gravel/grit are other good deterrants.

In our garden they have not touched the rocket, runner or broad beans, night scented stocks, clary, or asters.

We have not had as many this year as we have a new cat that eats them up

my slugs and snails have feasted on dahlias. and hostas. and hollyhocks. i am furious!

serin, the only contribution our four cats make to the garden is using the herb garden as their toilet.

Hebes - hard as nails. Passion flower, honeysuckle, lavendar, tomatoes, petunias, fushias, daisies.

Hebes are similar to Heather?

I put some marguerite daisies in and they shrivelled to nothing. No idea what I did wrong there. I love daisies!

They don't like straw, put some on the ground around the plants.

This is the passionflower we have. Our garden is slug and snail infested but this passion flower is massive and covers part of our house.

Hebes are shrubs that have purple, pink or white flowers like thisor
this.
Unlike heathers they have green shiny leaves. There are loads of different types and they like sunny spots. They also manage on little water - excellent for the lazy gardener! There are loads of different ones and you'll even find the standard ones at B&Q. They aren't very expensive so maybe worth a little experiment. The nice thing about them is that although they flower in warmer weather, they retain their green/ variagated leaves all year.

Blimey, I sound like I know what I'm talking about.

i love passionflowers, now that i know what they are...i had categorised them (in my mind only) as a type of clematis. I love the hebes too, and think i may already have one! i have a horror for heathers and miniature conifers.

i bloody hate slugs and snails though, but still can't bring myself to lay any traps etc for them.

Lara, your snails obviously have exotic tastes. Mine are just common.

Also second the jasmin: ours is gorgeous this year. A friend has a beautiful jasmin grown over a shaped trelis in a pot.

If you like daisies Osteospermum also does very well in our garden.

They ate 2 out of 6 of my foxgloves. But agree with all the other suggestions. Also crocosmia, echinachea, verbena and heuchera do fine.

Nicotiana seems to remain unscathed if you want bedding plants.

I have also reduced the population significantly by going out every night with a torch and sprinkling salt on them

I have nicotiana, has been nibbled, but not devoured. I love echinahea! i hadn't bothered trying them out as they look too tasty.

They don't like coffee either. We always put our used coffee grounds in the garden.

LadyBiscuit, that used to be my favoured method along with throwing them over the fence putting them into bags and taking them to the tip. I'm sure they'd love the tip - like an adventure playground for them.

I have been known to snip them in half with a pair of scissors Knotty but the scissors are so revolting afterwards I can't bear it. Do you touch them if you send them to the tip/throw over the wall?

LB, scissors? Yuck. You're their enemy number one . Obviously you don't believe in reincarnation then.

A pair of gardening gloves sorts out the slime.

I sometimes get them on the trowel and throw them over the fence into the river at the bottom of our garden.

Well it's a quicker death than the salt thing which looks very uncomfortable! I fully deserve to be reincarnated as a slug though

I get so cross though when I come out in the morning and my lovingly tended plants are just in tatters on the ground. And don't get me started on squirrels digging up my tulips, taking a quick nibble and then deciding they don't like the taste. That makes me really cross

go out with some salt. it'll take a couple of nights to get rid of them all but well worth it. just a little springle on each one is enough

penstemons
wallflowers

i have snails, just go out with a bucket every so often and pick them, then remove them to the common where they can be frog food.