Plants for Repelling Slugs

Plants For Repelling Slugs

Plants that are great for repelling slugs are strong cented herbs such as (Lavender, Mint, Sage or Rosemary) are just a few. Plants with a tough and textured foliage such as (Ferns, Euphorbia, Geraniums or Geum) are just a few.

Protect your plants and garden by creating unpleasent sensory barriers of unappeling food sources.

Top Slug Repellent Pants

Aromatic Herbs: Lavender, Rosemary, Sage, Oregano, Mint, Curry plant & Lemon Blam.
Alliums: Garlic, Chives, Onions & Ornimental Alliums.
Tough & Hairy Plants: Hardy Geraniums (cranesbill), Ferns, Sedum, Geum, Heuchera & Ephorbia.
Perennials & Shrubs: Hydrangea, Aquilegia, Foxgloves, Campanula, Diathus, Fuchsia, Salvia.

Key Characeristics

Scent: Slugs avoid strong aromatic scented plants.
Textures: Tought, leathery, spiky or hairy foliage are uncomfortable for slugs to traverse or eat.
Resillience: These plants rarely require chemical intervention to thrive.

Planting For Protection

Barrier planting: Plant pungent herbs like Rosemary or lavender around the borders of the garden to creat a scented and aromatic barrier.
Planting Between: Place resilient rough-leaved plant (like foxgloves) inbetween susceptible plants to deter pests.
Groundcover: Use hairy groundcovers like hardy geraniums to prevent slugs from navigating underplantings.

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Grdening Jobs For June

by paul • 3 June 2026

• Continue planting up pots, baskets & borders with bedding plants water regularly to help them establish. • Tie in new stems of climbing and rambling roses to supports. • Pinch outshoots on fuchsias to encourage bushier growth. • Start feeding containers and baskets with a liquid feed every few weeks. • Start to pick sweet pea flowers as this will encourage more flowers. • Use soft ties to tie in new clematis shoots. • Stake perennials like hollyhocks & Delphiniums to prevent damage in the wind. • Dead head repeat flowering roses. • Give wisteria its summer prune cutting all the long side shoots back to 20cm, to promote flowering for next spring. • Dot a few French marigolds around tomato plants - these strongly scented flowers will help deter insect pests. • Keep the surface of ponds clean by removing floating weeds. Use a net to scoop out mats of tiny-leaved duck weed and twirl hair-like blanket weed from the surface with a stick or garden cane – before putting on the compost heap, leave on the edge of the pond overnight so any aquatic creatures can crawl back into the water.