There are certain plants that I avoid putting in the garden , we don't have a huge amount of slugs but the ones that we do have seem to hone in on hostas and a few other choice plants. Lupins have been devoured in the past too. Perhaps I will try again and use your gravel suggestion GWRS.
Took some pix of the new hot border with it's bright, clashing colours. Ideal for waking me up on a dull day.Lots more to add to it, as there's a good bit of wall to cover too. All we need is some hot dry weather to go with it
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
After thinking my Clianthus was in trouble last year it has pleasantly surprised me with a cracking display of its parrots beak / lobster claw flowers. Will need a decent prune when flowering has finished.
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My hostas are only one inch high
Are they beside the aesthetic rock?
I have removed a square metre of alchemilla mollis so will get some planting done in the resulting space
Our soil is virtually never dry which is good at time,bad at times.
I think, and I might well be wrong ,but I think it's H. Crispula.
Frogs, hedgehogs , thrushes and blackbirds are keeping slugs at bay so far. A couple of tiny nibbles, but I can live with that.
Hostas , I put gravel around mine
There are certain plants that I avoid putting in the garden , we don't have a huge amount of slugs but the ones that we do have seem to hone in on hostas and a few other choice plants. Lupins have been devoured in the past too. Perhaps I will try again and use your gravel suggestion GWRS.
Gravel, grit or the wool pellets you can buy are very effective.
with almost 2,000 hostas, I think I'd be bankrupt if I faffed about with fancy stuff. I'll stick with the wildlife.
Hosta, send me over some of your aviary please. I'll need them with the amount of slugs I had last year!
Took some pix of the new hot border with it's bright, clashing colours. Ideal for waking me up on a dull day.Lots more to add to it, as there's a good bit of wall to cover too. All we need is some hot dry weather to go with it
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
After thinking my Clianthus was in trouble last year it has pleasantly surprised me with a cracking display of its parrots beak / lobster claw flowers. Will need a decent prune when flowering has finished.