hostas

Is there such a thing as slug/snail resistant hosta?

 

I don't think there is, however I have found that the ones that have very rough thick leaves, like 'Big Boy' (I think it's called) get less slug damage. The ones with nice succulent soft leaves are slug magnets and are not really worth it unless you use pellets, which I haven't used for 11 years now.
By the way - welcome to GC

 

I have used very successfully horticultural grit around my hostas and it works well just make a ring around the plant at least an inch wide and quarter of an inch deep and just top it up regularily it works on all my hostas lupins and delphiniums

 

slugs don't like my BIG blue leaved hostas - forgoten what its called though.

 

Good Digger's advice is what I do too - but just be careful that leaves don't bridge the gap!! Slugs and snails are opportunists! :D

 

I successfully kept slugs and snails off my hostas by putting crushed eggshells on top of the soil around the plant.

 

Sum and Substance and 'Krossa Regal' are the most resilient I have.

And the best place to find out about hostas and perhaps buy some, is a fantastic site called...

http://www.parkgreen.co.uk/

I would recommend them as I have bought many :D

 

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Some are more slug resistant than others
Unfortunately I am not a hosta expert so I don't know the names. The darker rougher leaved ones seem to be best
Here is one the never seems to attract slugs

 

Thank you, everyone for your help. I am a new gardener and absolutely bitten by the bug. I can see that this forum is going to be a fantastic resource and a fun place to come visit on a dark rainy day to do my researach.

 

I visited Newby Hall (a historic house nearby) last spring, where they had masses of Hostas, and not a single slug hole. I asked one of the gardiners about it and was told they didn't have any slugs. They are on sandy soil, and out in the country with lots of birds about.

 

There is a Hosta in my garde whch has been with me for 10-15years and rarely if ever gets attacked by slugs. Unfortunately I do not know the name of this 'paragon' only that it is variegated. Could send you an off-shoot in the new year as I have one or two amongst my over-wintering plants.

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