Heucheras for easy all year round colour inbaskets and containers.

They look fantastic, Vicky - and thanks for the tips on pruning them. That's useful to know. :-))

They certainly do look great especially against the colour of the brickwork. Will give it a go sometime. :o)

Hi Vicky,just been on your website,i've made a note of your open day and hope to come and look round. Love the Heucherella"Sweet Tea"..Buy the way great blog really got me interested in Heucherellas. :-))

I really like your baskets Vicky. Please put some pics on when the bulbs are out :-)))

Like your basket it looks lovely.

look so pretty and full of colour vicky, yes i love them in baskets, wouldnt have thought to do this :o)

They look brill Its given me a few ideas Thank you

Excellent blog . . . now I know what to put in the 3 half baskets I put on the North facing house wall .. . they usually have Busy Lizzies ... thanks for all the detail. : o )

When the bulbs come up ...if they ever come up I will put some picture on for you
Love to see you at the open day swanky Not sure how swankey the nursery will be as nothing is growing much.
But please come and have a coffee and a cake (I have got to make that too !!!)
I do beleive this is the slowest we have ever had it (on the growing front)
With all the frost we couldnt get cleaning the old leaves off the perennials and coulnt move somethings as they were stuck to the floor!!! so we are so behind
Big push now as its less than 2 weeks away !!!!! :-@
Thank you for your comments pleased you enjoyed it
I want to see lots of Heuchera baskets now lol

I like Heuchera as well so I will try out these ideas as I have some containers I can use, I am going to save this blog as well .

thank you Mavisc52

Many Thanks for all the tips and care advice, Vicky. I think that I might just try something like this, as I need to lift and transplant some of mine. :-)

they look lovely Vicky. Some of mine have been really hit by the frost and have lost most of the leaves, any chance they will come back? or have I lost them

Some times they grow from the bottom of the crown.
Is the crown mushy if so it will take maybe all spring to start to grow if it ever does.
But if they are just tatty and the crown is still firm then they will be fine :)

Sometimes you can have a long stalk and when you snap it off it breaks at the ground and underneath it is a fresh white root with a pointy bit on it this will turn into a new shoot. It reminds me of a rhubard shoot if you know what I mean, but smaller. (this is hard to describe withpout visuals lol) It is as if the plant has cut supplies to that bit off, to protect the heart of the crown. They dont always do it especially if they get too wet too quickly.

Sometimes prolonged periods of snow held over the crown will rot the plant in this country. Heucheras are north American woodland plants and they get covered in snow, very deep snow sometimes, but snow in USA tends to be very powdery so the snow actually protects them. The cold weather doesnt seem to be a problem just too much wet held on the crown or if they stand in water.
It isnt just Heucheras that find our snow a problem alot of perennials that get lost over Winter the same applies for them.
Too much wet held on the plant and around the roots is a killer.
Extremley long cold Winters most can stand it the wet that kills them in many cases.
Hope this helps Grindle (long as usual :( sorry)

thanks very much Vicky, I went a checked and the roots seem firm enough, so I'll keep looking for signs of growth :))

Got some great tips from this Vicky, thanks:-)

:) they all look to be coming up again, so next year I won't panic LOL

Those two I told you about - the one the pigeon sat on, and the one that appeared to be a goner have BOTH revived!! They're in pots at the moment still. I've lost one - so that's not too bad. :-)

Oh that's great, I must admit, I was really glad to see mine growing again, I'm looking forward to picking my new ones up next week :D

Have you ordered them, Grindle - was this via a PM or V's site?

yes I pm'd with my order, and they're being taken to Malvern. I chose from the website first

See you ther Grindle
I hope you have a great time
I probably wont have time to speak again now until I see you at the show :)
Too much prep. to do not enough time.
Anyone want to cut a lawn? as mine is nearly ready for silage lol

Looking forward to it :)
Wish I could help with the lawn, but I'm just too far away

Just come across your blog Vicky. I will be a full convert to Heuchera in containers from now on. they are an ideal plant and yours look really lovely. The growing advice from a true expert is really useful......thanks.

Pleased to have yu on board Dorjac:)
They are very addictive lol

Thanks grindle see you soon :)

Hi Vicky, our garden make-over almost complete and I shall have 4, possibly 6, half-baskets against the house walls. 2 in the South facing front and 4 in the North back garden. I am so pleased to have read your excellent blog. Off to search for Heucheras soon. : o ) )

Pleased you enjoyed it Shirley
There are so many different colours arent there.
Good luck and have fun with your hunt :)

Will definitely be giving this a try

I never thought about putting heucheras in baskets but I`m going to give it a go, with all the lovely colours available it`ll be hard to decide which ones to use. :o)

Sanbaz has sent me to your blog and I'm ever so glad she did. I'm just planning what to put in our soon to be developed back garden and heucheras are high on the list!

Your baskets are beautiful....and lots of great info. too. Thanks very much.

pleased you like it whistonlass
thank you Sanbaz