Re: Question re: Astilbe NOW Blue Hostas

It's my understanding that it is thicker leaves are slug-resistant.  It
just happens that most corrugated leaves are thick.  But there are also
smooth thick-leaved hostas; slug-resistant as well.
Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/2/2003 1:31:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Question re: Astilbe NOW Blue Hostas
>
> I've found this so, Cathy.  Just about any of the H. sieboldiana
> types are pretty slug resistant.  I have also got a gold one that I
> think is 'Piedmont Gold'; very corrugated leaves and never any slug
> damage.  Also don't find it on H. montana "Aureomarginata', which
> does not have corrugated leaves.  Actually, now I think about it, the
> larger forms seem to sustain much less slug damage than the tiny
> ones...but I think the sieboldiana types are least prone to slug
> munching.  One that I am particularly fond of is Hosta 'Blue
> Angel'...it makes a very imposing feature in the border after a few
> years.
>
> Re: hosta flowers - actually, I enjoy them.  I don't understand their
> removal but shade gardens will take any flowers in mid summer that
> they can get:-)
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
> > 
> > I have heard that those hostas with "corrugated" leaves are less 
> > attractive to slugs. Anyone else heard this? Opinions? (Very few 
> > slugs/slug  problems here, for some reason...).
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> > 
> > On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 07:41 PM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>
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