I have lots of trouble with slugs in my garden and so I was wondering if you could recommend any plants that are slug resistant? My neighbour says that it is the smaller slugs that do most damage, so I hope I'm not wasting my time collecting large ones up on warm nights.

R Higgins, Malvern Yes, your neighbour is right to blame most of the damage on smaller slugs, and these are the ones most likely to succumb to control measures ranging from pellets to the modern biological control using nematodes.

If you normally use slug pellets, try the Growing Success Advanced Slug Killer, as these do not contain metaldehyde so there is no danger to wildlife.

Getting back to the question, you are not wasting your time disposing of any sized slug as the larger ones still do some damage as well as being busy creating further generations of smaller ones.

Some plants are less likely to be attacked by slugs but sometimes the list can vary according to the taste of your local slug population, and remember that these plants are just less likely to be attacked and not immune.

Herbaceous Plants: Acanthus mollis, Achillea, Alchemilla mollis, Arabis, Aster amellus, Bergenia, Cerastium, Crocosmia, Dicentra, Euphorbia, Eryngium, Gaillardia, Geranium species, Geum, Heuchera, Liatris, Lysimachia, Lamium, Nepeta, Polemonium, Pulmonaria, Salvia superba, Stachys, Tradescantia virginiana, Verbascum and grasses and sedges.

Annuals and Biennials: Alyssum, Antirrhinums, Begonia semperflorens, Cosmos, Fuchsias, Limnanthes, Myosotis, Nigella, Papaver and Wallflower.

This is just a sample from my list of plants less likely to be attacked but if any readers would like to either add to the list, or pour scorn on it, please write to me with your views.