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Plants for bees but not for slugs

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    In my first reply, I couldn’t think of any bedding plants that avoid slug damage as they are generally soft and easy targets.  However, as others have mentioned, there are quite a few perennials that don’t get slug damage and attract pollinators. In my garden these include Salvia caradonna, Nepeta and Heleniums.  Avoid planting anything in the ground with tender juicy leaves like Dahlias, they’ll be easier to keep an eye on in pots, preferably elevated!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    I find fuchsia, pelargonium & astrantia are all left in peace by the slugs and snails! 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have minimal problems with slugs as I have stopped trying to grow anything they want to eat.
    An exception is hostas which I grow in pots . They do well until I get bored with disposing of slugs and snails.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Salvia gregii are full of bees every summer and autumn here and totally ignored by our slugs. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Salvias and Penstemons here and Zinnias as annuals which are very easy to grow.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Last year I grew quite a bit of borage, I can't remember them having a slug problem, perhaps I was lucky. The flowers attracted masses of bees. 
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • PoppypussPoppypuss Posts: 143
    I'd add Heucheras to to list as slug resistant and I'm always amazed at how many pollinators the tiny little flowers attract. Just keep in open ground though rather than pots if you want to prevent vine weavil damage.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t grow Zinnias anymore because they did get eaten to the ground.  Borage is good. Also Cerinthe,  bees favourites. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • For what it's worth, zinnias get eaten here , but snapdragons do not
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • I can add oriental poppy (bees squirm around furiously inside the flowers) and bleeding heart l/Lamprocapnos spectabilis.  Also some plants that might be too small/big for your purposes such as Thyme, Oregano & Rosemary.
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