15 Slug & Snail Proof Garden Plants: Stop slugs fast!

Tired of slugs and snails eating your garden plants and ruining your flower beds? This guide from award winning Lee 'The Garden Ninja' Burkhill (also from Garden Rescue) shows you 15 plants that slugs hate. So no more nibbled plants and slug damaged gardens!
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[@janewalster5613]

Love this helpful list of slug-proof plants! I have a few in my garden already but did not know they were doing double duty. Post came just in time for summer garden planning.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Jane! I’m glad it’s been helpful. Tell your friends so we can spend more time relaxing in the garden than chasing slugs in the dark off our flower beds!! 🥷🌿😉

[@qaphqa]

Plants are so nifty. Thanks for sharing the 411 about these comrades!

[@Gardenninja]

Plants indeed often hold the key to many problems! Glad you’re finding my gardening content useful! Have a great Easter weekend 🥷🌿👌

[@cerbie70]

Anything which is not slug resistant will not last the night in my garden. So I have many of the featured plants. The plants in my garden have to survive because I am not going to be a servant to needy plants. This means watering too. It is a survival of the environment situation for my plants.

[@Gardenninja]

I don’t blame you. With most herbaceous plants after year ones establishing maintenance Ie watering and weeding mine get left to thrive unassisted! 🥷🌿🤘

[@rmedwards8312]

Lee that was brilliant 👌🏼the only slug problem I have is around my lupins but I combat that with home made garlic spray,all those plants you listed are magic,gorgeous things.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks so much! Lupins are slug fodder when young it’s true. It’s more aphids with mine but that’s a great shout with your garlic spray. Maybe I should do a video on how to make that and use it?! 🥷🌿🤘😉

[@galecooper2257]

Thanks Lee for your video on garden plants for avoiding slugs and snail attacks. Awesome, educational insight. I realised I grow about half off your list but had no idea of their critter proof value! 😊

[@Gardenninja]

Hi Gale! Good to hear from you. Sounds like you’re already a fully fledged Garden Ninja by birthright then! 😉 it’s amazing how many people ask me how to kill slugs when really it’s just tweaking the plants so we can avoid adding harmful chemicals to our gardens that end up in the food chain! 🥷🌿🤘

[@galecooper2257]

@@Gardenninja I’m now going to learn about those plants on your list that are new to me and try to grow those too. Sadly, most of my real favourites get destroyed by rampant vine weevil larvae munching the roots in my soil: heuchera, tall sedum, primula, cyclamen, bergenia, rhododendron,azalea, fuschia. Annual ‘watch’ to notice their activity and pick as many out of affected area, then water in the solution. Trying to spot the adult weevil in summer evenings is tricky. Any suggestions? 🤔

[@Gardenninja]

Vibe weevil is a royal pain. To be honest the best method is nematodes to get it under control. Then you can relax for a bit heuchera often come with vine weevil from garden centres sadly and then spread! 🥷🌿🤘

[@galecooper2257]

Thanks for advice Lee. Every day’s a school day in the garden! I had thought that the vine weevil eggs might be in the plant pot compost when you buy them but they are dark so hard to spot. If I put anything in a pot outside, I place a piece of stocking over the base hole then the broken crock before the compost. The water can still run out through the ‘net’ and grit on the top. Belts and braces to prevent the adult getting in to lay eggs🤞definitely on a mission 😂

[@MyFocusVaries]

Thanks. Super useful. The lower mainland of British Columbia had enormous hungry slugs.

[@Gardenninja]

Hi lovely Candace. Always great to hear from you across the pond. Hope the weathers warming up and shoots are bursting up from the ground! 🥷🌿🤘

[@ThePinkfluf]

Aww brilliant Lee. Thnku so much! I’m sitting here unwell and binging on gardening vids ! I like yours cause they are straight to the point ! 🥰🥰🥰

[@Gardenninja]

Wonderful to hear Kate! I try to get you straight to the good stuff and then demonstrate until you can do it yourself! Glad to know you appreciate my work! Happy gardening. 🥷🌿🤘

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Lee! I was patiently waiting for another video upload! When you whipped out those Felcos @8:38! Man they looked so fresh and clean! 😆 Those pulmonarias are true and hardy beauties! Such as beautiful selection of plants on your list Lee... all of them!

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks so much AJ. Love my secateurs. It’s been a while since I did a pruning video. So got a few lined up for those tricky spring evergreen shrubs that confuse the heck out of people! I’m trying to keep a decent schedule of videos. Just a bit manic with work. I’m sure you Ninjas are a patient bunch though! 😉🤣🥷🌿 If it’s ever been too long give me a shout and I’ll grab the camera. Have a fab easter weekend. Lee

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

@@Gardenninja Happy Easter weekend to you bro! We'll be sure to give you a 'ping' when you go silent on KZbin!!!!

[@ParkersGardens]

Great guide. We have several of these at home. Our 'Totally Tangerine' geum has been flowering almost a month already. Delicious 👌🏻

[@Gardenninja]

She’s that girl that’s first up on the dance floor and doing shots at 3am with the stragglers! 🥰🥷🌿🤘

[@ParkersGardens]

​@@Gardenninja I used to love those girls 😂

[@Gardenninja]

I still consider myself one of their allies though my body and hangover capabilities now tell me other wise (in bed by 10) 🤣🤣🤣🥷🤘

[@volvosafe4662]

🎉 Lee -a garden 🪴 pond (heavy liners)in exceptional at slug 🐌 control. The Frogs 🐸 love it 😍 In south USA it’s warm enough to put in a smaller pond. My 🐌 problem is virtually gone. If you have a hill, the rain ☔️ washes in one side and out the other over time keeping it pretty clean or water 💦 cycled. Hope this helps man !

[@Gardenninja]

Sounds interesting! Be good to see it on my forum here for other Ninjas to benefit! www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ see you there mate! 🥷🌿🤘

[@stinksofbeefio]

I struggle with slugs big time! For the first time this year I've got nematodes which I hope will help

[@Gardenninja]

Nematodes are an excellent idea but can be quite expensive too for larger gardens. Let me know how you get on! Here’s to a garden with fewer slug casualties! 🥷🌿🤣🐌🥰

[@joley8695]

Thanks for this, I never really noticed before that nothing eats my geraniums . I’ll definitely try the lady’s mantle,they are so pretty.

[@Gardenninja]

Please do! They're a fab bullet proof plant! 🌿🥷

[@a.j.b.8658]

Every year I get a different issue! North West England. Year before last - lily beetles, before I knew they even existed. Last year was aphid city (I started overhauling the back of my garden and all but eradicated the overgrown nettles.. and they proceeded to attack my beautiful flowers 🙈). This year, it's slug and snail party time.. apparently, we had a boggy winter allowing these unwelcome critter's population to explode ready for spring 😱🥶 plus the hedgehogs are disappearing 😢🦔 I've had a reprieve with the extended dry, warm weather.. So thank you for your kind advice Lee! New subscriber ❤️

[@denisetwidale3339]

Something strange about my foxgloves, or my slugs! I planted 72 foxglove plugs about two weeks ago. I have about 25 left! Could it be something else?

[@Gardenninja]

Where they plug plants by any chance? They once they get a bit bigger the slugs leave them alone. It’s just when they’re small there’s not as many leaf hairs big slugs can still munch them! 🥷🌿🐌

[@denisetwidale3339]

@@Gardenninja Thanks - that makes sense!

[@jefftage]

Any web site where the seeds can be bought from. Slugs free garden sounds amazing

[@RichardTaylorgardening]

I watched a little bit but got yawns nettles and brambles use as a mulch water with a pipe keeping ground dry simple 50 years now just little damage

[@donaldauguston9740]

Excellent information. Are any of these plants also deer resistant? Thanks so much and have a great weekend, DA

[@Gardenninja]

Hi Donald. Eryngium definitely. I’ve never planted lavender where there’s deer but hazard a guess they maybe too aromatic for them. Sedums. Deer resistant and epimediums as they’re too spikey! 🥷🌿🤘

[@ghengis430]

The nematodes have stopped the slugs, but the snails have taken over. All my hard work, gone, its like a wasteland. Even fox gloves. Im so distressed I could cry. I think the only way forward is shrubs, theyve even started eating the convolvulus. Picked some giants off tonight and chucked them in a salt water bucket. Do you think that people feeding the birds has caused them to not bother? Ive loads of birds, and some newts, nothing will stop them. 😭

[@michaeljonesdougherty.209]

Lee they are a pain 😢 I think I have a snail slug farm I get them in the early morning or evening all over The house or gardens they love my clematis that grows up trailes & pots I collect them lol and put them around near where my bird feeders the birds eat them no poison . 😊

[@Gardenninja]

They can be a real pain in the backside. But slug proof plants and being clever like you feeding the birds means we can keep them in balance! 🥷🌿🤘

[@shirleyc285]

Just planted some young Agastache. Slugs have destroyed one 😢

[@lllowkee6533]

I used to go out and salt every night but no longer able. I hate that snails eat up the Hostas.!

[@Gardenninja]

Hostas are particularly susceptible to slug attacks! Especially when young that’s why I’ve given up on them! 🤣🥷🌿

[@charlottepatey79]

I wouldn't mind them so much if they just ate all of a few leaves but they delight in taking a few bits out of all the leaves

[@Gardenninja]

I know. Once they get a bite they just go nuts. Especially at this time of year! I hear your internal screams! 🤣🥷🌿

[@JD-xb2nf]

My pulmonaria (bressingham white) gets big time slug munched. Wonder why??

[@Gardenninja]

Hmmm interesting. Are they young or old plants? Usually they don't get touched, unless they're much younger plants where the leaves are still quite small ie not as many hairs? But you've got me stumped if not!! 🥷🌿

[@lynnshirley]

I've always had foxgloves and something eats them so if it is not snails is it slugs?

[@Gardenninja]

Ahhh could be rabbits or mice you know I’ve seen them nibble the leaves. Beetles too can but usually once the leaves get big enough things leave them alone. Maybe add some chicken mesh over the rosette (the ground leaves as they emerge from seed) then when they get bigger remove it. Hope that helps! Lee 🥷🌿🤘

[@wemuk5170]

Wild garlic. Slugs and snails have no interest in our wild garlic patch notwithstanding their gorgeous leaves. Perhaps they don’t like the onion-ish taste?

[@Gardenninja]

Exactly! They avoid all alliums because of the smell and taste. So all alliums are pretty much safe. And I love wild garlic. Total fuss free plant! 🥷🌿🤘

[@OriginalMariAnnaWolf]

Sedums are basically succulent type

[@Gardenninja]

Very similar yes! 🌿🥷🤘

[@toadflax8665]

I planted some juvenile sea holly plants and the slugs destroyed them over night 😢

[@Gardenninja]

Ahh yes. The super small baby ones will. Once they’re a bit bigger and spikey-er they’ll be fine! So let them grown on in a greenhouse first!

[@toadflax8665]

@@Gardenninja ah cheers Lee! I will try that 💚🌞

[@emcarver8983]

The downside to this is, that they'll avoid all the plants that we can't eat anyway and go and eat out salad leaves and vegetables 🤷

[@Gardenninja]

Or you plant sacrificial flowers and crops like nasturtium near your edibles and marigolds! 👌😉🥷🌿

[@mariyaatanasova1556]

Nope. Hardy gerenius are not slug resistant. The new growth gets attacked every spring. The slugs attack less the older foliage.

[@Gardenninja]

Hi Mariya. You must have mega tough slugs as I’ve never known any to tackle Geraniums! But there’s always exceptions to the rule. May be try garlic spray. You can make it yourself. Crush around 10 gloves of garlic. Add to a pan with 300ml of water. Bring to the boil. Leave to seep. Then sieve liquid into a spray bottle. Spray onto geraniums when they’re young. That should keep the slugs off as they hate the smell or any allium. 🥷🌿👌

[@grashca]

slugs love sedums now