Snails have not yet been a big problem in my garden so I haven't felt a need to find any preventative. There are also deer in my area year round. They eat the young growth on some of my roses each spring and I see shrub damage around the neighborhood. So far they have left my Hostas alone.

Marilyn - that's a nice Regal Splendor. I think mine is too close to my Linden tree and I've noticed over the years that the hostas too close to that tree don't reach their potential. I'm trying to determine a better location for mine so that I can move it.

As far as slugs, I have some copper mesh netting that I cut and use around some of the most vulnerable hostas and it seems to help. But mostly I use ammonia and water early in the season and then again as needed during the season. Early in the season, if dumped at the base of the hostas, it will kill hiding adults as well as eggs. 1 part ammonia : 10 parts water

I don't have a problem with slugs. I find snails on my plants, but they're easy to pick off and smash. I take walks daily to see if there are any problems I need to address. Usually it's moles pushing up my plants or southern blight once the heat and humidity hit. I have a lot of pine needles for mulch and have read that helps with slugs and snails. Have I mentioned that I hate my auto correct????

A few more shots from my gardens

Here's the steep hillside from 2013. I've decided that it's too much to take care of so I'm slowly moving plants off and letting it get taken over by ground cover. I'm going to see if the extra large ones will be okay, but smaller ones keep getting washed down the hill!


This is from the north end of the same bed.


One more shot from the top of the hill

I use "Scotts EcoSense Slug B Gon" slug and snail bait, ready to use granules, will not harm pets, birds or wildlife, contains ferric phosphate, which they say is a compound commonly found in soils.

I noticed the Hellebore has passed the hosta votes...So I'm going to post some shots here!

This picture of this bed was taken 6-01-2014


This picture was taken 6-01-2015


Looks like they were really happy in 2015!

I appreciate all your help .

Rose, I love your hillside hosta gardens. IMPRESSIVE

To prevent slugs, I do not mulch anywhere near the hostas, and early in Spring, I remove all dead leaves. This assures that slugs do not have a place to live. I water every day, but the slugs to not survive since they do not have a place to live.

To prevent weeds, I use Preem and pull weeds.

I have a shed that I started a small bed around...It has grown into my largest bed now!

This is partial view of the west side


A view from the north side of the shed


Another from the northeast side


I moved all of my minis from the hillside to this new little part last year. I can't wait to see what survived.


Here's a view from the north

I grow many hostas in containers, small and large.


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I like looking at pics from different growing seasons to see the growth (or lack of!)

Here is a picture of one bed from May of 2010


Here it is from June of last year

More containers.

I haven't had much luck with hostas in pots...I either over water or let them dry out too much! If I have liners that I start in small pots I have to have them by my annuals or I will forget to water them!

Wow Gerry, never thought of putting hosta in hanging baskets.
That would surely be a slug deterrent. Or is that last one sitting on something?

Love the ones in hypertufa too. Thanks for posting the container pictures.

Here is another wondeful shot of combining Hosta with other companion plants.

Who is the star of this picture?



Thanks @chelle

I agree. This is one of the best shade-plants ever!

Patriot has had to struggle in this bed because of a small evergreen, but this past summer I moved the small tree to a new location so I am hoping to see more growth and blooms.

I don't think I posted 'Wide Brim', it looks like I can't go back to the start of the thread to check it out. Anyway, this one is quite lovey and has done well in the same bed, it was farther away from the tree.

Welcome Insagi, in what zone do you reside?

Just in case you do not know, you can place planting zone, location and your name/nickname in your profile, if you want to.

Insagi.

I found some pictures dating back to 2007 when I first started around the shed!

Here's the east side of the shed...




And 2015 (Sorry but I'm reposting some pictures from earlier)