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 Plant list: Plants less susceptible to slugs and snails
Some plants, such as hostas, are magnets for slugs and snails, others are a bit tougher to chew!
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| Latin name: | | Eryngium |
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| Common name: | | Sea holly |
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| Type of plant: | | Perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Greenish white to blue-green and lilac-blue |
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| Leaf colour: | | Purple-silver |
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| Height and spread: | | 60cm to 1.5m x 45cm to 60cm (2ft to 5ft x 1.5ft to 2ft) |
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This is a prickly but attractive clump-forming perennial with curved, veined and jagged leaves. The flowers are thistle-like and can be dried for indoor decoration.
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| Latin name: | | Genista |
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| Common name: | | Broom |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy to frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White, yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1cm to 1m x 20cm to 1.5m (0.5in to 3ft x 8in to 5ft) |
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Brooms are grown for their masses of small, pea-like flowers that smother the whole bush. They are deciduous, but some have very inconspicuous leaves. Prefers a place in full sun and a not-too-rich soil.
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| Latin name: | | Helliborus foetidus |
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| Common name: | | Stinking hellebore |
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| Type of plant: | | Hardy perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Green |
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| Leaf colour: | | Deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 30cm x 30cm (1ft x 1ft) |
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An evergreen, with attractively shaped leaves and unusual coloured, cup-shaped flowers with lovely golden centres. Will tolerate shade, making it very useful to enliven a gloomy spot.
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| Latin name: | | Cyclamen |
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| Common name: | | Cyclamen |
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| Type of plant: | | Tuber |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Pink, red or white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Silver patterned leaves |
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| Height and spread: | | 10cm x 10cm (4in x 4in) |
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A great value genus that produces bright, attractive flowers at a time when there’s not much else going on. Once established will spread to produce a drift of flowers followed by attractive leaves.
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| Latin name: | | Lavandula |
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| Common name: | | Lavender |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy to half-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Lavender blue |
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| Leaf colour: | | Silver-grey |
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| Height and spread: | | 60cm to 1m x 60cm x 1m (2ft to 3ft x 2ft to 3ft) |
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| Description: | |
A wonderful evergreen plant to brush past, as the leaves fill the air with perfume. Can be planted to form an attractive hedge, and the flowers dried for perfuming laundry or rooms. Needs a well-drained soil.
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