The grace and presence of the impressive hosta far outweighs the effort required to save them from slugs and snails.
At the mere mention of a hosta, many people will recount their horror stories of slug and snail feeding frenzies, when all the Hostas were devoured in one night of mayhem. Ok, they seem to be the favoured food of our slimy garden enemies, but the grace and presence of their impressive foliage in the garden (Fig 1), far outweigh all the effort required to save them from midnight feasts. If you are concerned about trying hostas in your garden for fear of finding them devoured in the morning, plant slug-resistant varieties, use copper tapes around the tops of the pots, smear the rim of the pot with vaseline or collect them by torch-light at night in a bucket and flush them down the toilet.
This story is from the July 2018 edition of Ireland's Homes Interiors & Living Magazine.
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