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debra_underwooddebra_underwood Posts: 2
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What summer plants can I get for my boarders that slugs won’t eat
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    We'd need a bit more info @debra_underwood - your conditions re soil and climate, rough location, and the aspect of the borders - how much sun/shade etc.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    What age and sex are your boarders?  Do they have a special garden at your school?  A nice idea.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • debra_underwooddebra_underwood Posts: 2
    My boarders are about 4 years old and I am location south England - suburbs on outer London. Not. School - but I do have a cat 

    sunny all round garden at different times of day. Good - not clay. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited February 2023
    Penstemons gazanias purple toadflax geum hardy geraniums veronicas gaura,  feverfew, osteospermum spring to mind
    Shrubby salvias verbena bonarensis
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    When you've decided on your flowering plants, I'd recommend adding some ornamental grasses for structure and all season interest.  They are generally disease and slug free, easy to care for and will enjoy the conditions in your sunny border.  @B3's list looks good for your flowering plants!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Lavender, fuchsia, phlox, penstemon, woody salvia, poppy, crocosmia, osteospermum, lily, peony, ornamental grasses, heather, aubretia, carnation..
    I'd add wallflower, but mine got demolished by slugs and snails. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    For grasses Miscanthus Flamingo and Calamagrostis Overdam plus any of the molinias.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Geums are another slug resistant plant for your list.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Agapanthus, marguerites/daisies, bellflowers, yarrow, echinacea, rudbeckia..
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Any shrub.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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