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Slug/snail proof flowers for plant trough?

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supersun23 · 17/06/2025 07:29

Can anyone recommend any for our patio trough planter on the patio? So much gets munched over night!

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BestIsWest · 17/06/2025 07:34

Pelargoniums, antirrhinums, stocks, alyssum, lavender, salvia - the ‘lips’ type like hot lips. All seem slug proof in my garden which is very prone to them. Avoid dahlias, they’ve devoured mine again.

TonTonMacoute · 17/06/2025 19:14

My lobelia is surviving well, also a nice little plant called mimulus (a bit like petunia). Small fuchsias also good.

Billybagpuss · 17/06/2025 19:17

This is interesting, last year there were legions of the blooming things. This year hardly anything, even my delphiniums

DelphiniumBlue · 17/06/2025 19:18

Geraniums, lavender, mont bretia ( long thin leaves, orange flowers on a spike), vinca.

RaininSummer · 17/06/2025 19:21

Nasturtiums seem to surviving a long with lavender, foxgloves, aquilegia though probably too late for the last two this year as mine are about done.

Koulibiak · 17/06/2025 23:32

Lots of hardy tropical foliage plants are also not bothered by snails - palms, cannas, bananas, colocasias, ferns, ornamental grasses, tradescantia. I also haven’t seen any damage on my coleus.

On the flowering side, other than already mentioned I would also add Eucomis, Californian poppies, zinnias, nicotianas, brugmansia, echinacea, achillea, and many spring bulbs including allium.

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