What's eating my creeping borage?

Creeping Borage is largely pest-resistant and robust once established. Slugs and snails occasionally graze young leaves, and aphids or flea beetles can appear on soft new growth. The plant recovers quickly and its flowers attract beneficial predators such as hoverflies and lacewings that help keep pest populations low.

Irregular holes chewed in young leaves; seedlings can be destroyed overnight in wet conditions Hand-pick at night; apply iron phosphate slug pellets; reduce moist hiding places near the plant

Clusters on young shoot tips; leaves curl and become sticky with honeydew Knock off with a water jet; spray with diluted insecticidal soap; beneficial insects (lacewings, hoverflies) usually keep numbers low

Small round pits or shot-holes in leaves, most severe on seedlings Use fine insect mesh over young plants; remove plant debris where adults overwinter; encourage ground beetles