Mary Sue, thank you for mentioning Veratrum, and Jane, thank you for
adding to the subject. I've never grown them, though have often thought
they would be attractive architectural plants, if only the leaves were
not so consistently shredded My question is, is this slug/snail
damage? The early season leaves
I've seen are usually not damaged, and the damage pattern is more consistant
with caterpillers than slugs--ie, the leafblades are eaten between the ribs
of the leaves, not from the outside in as in the usual pattern of slugs.
It is always interesting that some creatures seem able to eat plants which
are poisonous to most others.