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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    There are certain plants I have given up on. Poppies, scabious, geum. They don't like me and the slugs love them.
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    That's unfortunate. I see 'containers' is often a recommended planting with them as well so thought you'd have had more luck!

    I am curious as to what sort of compost should be used with them, I'd imagine a john innes 2. 
  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    My scabious were untouched by slugs.

    I also have pink and cream ones. 


  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Stunning.
  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    Thanks @Fire  It is weird what grows well for some people but not others isn’t it.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It just happens. There as a long, fun thread about it last year.
  • You were asking how successful growing Scabious in pots can be, this is Scabious Butterfly Blue and initially I was very pleased with the amount of flower heads, but after two years in the pot the plant almost disappeared and has done very little in the flower bed. The bees and butterflies really were attracted to the plant.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    I can grow Scabious ....but struggle with dahlias, coreopsis, heleniums, echinaceas, eupatorium ......the list goes on ☺️  I agree with @Fire that sometimes things work for you, sometimes they don’t, and it can be difficult to pinpoint why 🤔. Btw, thanks for your lovely comments Fire 😀😀😀
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Stunning pic Alan.
    SW Scotland
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