Garden snails - Knowledgebase Question

Livermore, CA
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Question by tsherwin
March 3, 2006
Is there a list of parennials that snails and slugs will not eat for USDA zone 9 (Western garden zone 14)?
I now live in a gardening zone that has lots of snails and slugs as garden pests. I've never had to deal with these pests before. I want to plan a new garden with only the types of perennials that snails and slugs won't eat. I'm hoping someone has a list.


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Answer from NGA
March 3, 2006
There are some plants rarely bothered by slugs and snails. Among them are ferns of all kinds, plus the following perennials:

Acanthus
Achillea
Aconitum
Alchemilla
Anemone x hybrida
Aquilegia
Astilbe
Astrantia
Crocosmia
Dicentra
Digitalis
Echinops
Epimedium
Erysimum
Euphorbia
Geranium
Geum
Helleborus
Hemerocallis
Knautia
Linaria
Lysimachia
Nepeta
Paeonia
Papaver
Penstemon
Polemonium
Polygonatum
Potentilla
Pulmonaria
Sedum
Stachys
Verbascum
Veronica

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