Heuchera chronicles

Your heucheras look lovely. Well done :o)
What treatment did you give those which were suffering ?

Which signs indicated that vine weevil was the problem ?
Did you need to actually remove the plants from their pots to find out why they were wasting away ?

Lots of questions....

I really hate vine weevils.....even more than slugs. The grub is hidden while it eats the plant roots and the adult munches your plant leaves from above.

you're further south than me Dorjac and I'm thinking of putting the Heucheras in the greenhouse for the winter, I did one last year and its fine-- I'd be interested in the answer to Terra's question as I'm not sure either
yours are looking lovely now.....

heucheras look great in the pots Dorjac and shame about the blackbird nest but great news they moved on and success.
Geraniums looks very healthy and you should get a lovely display, also i love the peony :o)

A fantastic show of Heuchera. I have them everywhere, but mine are mostly in the ground. They do look lovely in pots though. A couple of mine struggled through the winter, but are ok now, and lost two to vine weavil.

Hi Terra. The worst sign is that the plant just comes away in your hand and all the root has been munched. Some of the plants had other smaller ones around them. I took them and washed the soil off and scoured the pot well. Put in fresh soil and gel and most have recovered very well. I did a Provera drench too. If they don't respond to all that TLC, they have to go in the green bin.

Thanks Dorjac... useful advice :o)

Lovely collection of Heucheras ... sorry to read about the horrible Vine Weevil.

Your heucheras look great, so colourful. thanks for posting these.

These are so nice you have done well after the vine weevil got them,I have a lovely dark purple one and one that has red flower's.

Thank you all for your comments. I have no room for Heuchera in the garden, but for one shaded area, where I might put Firefly. The label says it likes full shade, its flowers are bright red and leaves bright green. I'll try to get some offshoots rooted and have a little display there. The Penstemons seem to like that part too.

Your geraniums are looking splendid...you'll have some lovely blooms to look forward to.

I really like the heucheras too....I have 3 so far and hope to get more. They are so attractive with their long stemmed flowers...and yours look so good in their pots. I am glad you've been able to salvage most of them and give them the TLC they needed. Well worth the effort :)

Good to hear from you again, Dorjac :) You have a marvellous heurchara collection and they look really striking potted up individually. I was interested about your description of the poorly plants - one of mine that was in a pot with other plants did indeed 'come away in my hand'. I thought I had overwatered it. I optimistically planted it in the ground and forgot all about it. After reading your blog I went to see what had happened to it and, although other plants have grown up around it, it is looking great. I think I will dig it up and pot it up!

Thanks Whis. I did like my big geraniums. By now they would be well in bloom in their big pots. I am trying roses in three big pots. I lost my favourite fuchsia too. It has been a lot of hard graft to decant these large pots. Clean them and set them up again with the roses. When I discovered the weevils had a mega munch at the Heucheras I was really upset.....but only one bit the dust, so I must not complain. I hope your garden is set to go ahead soon. You must have been very disapointed too.

Thanks, Dorjac....the garden is due to get underway next Tuesday....fingers crossed !!!