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Help something eating my heuchera

Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
in Problem solving
Hi,

Please help, I thought slugs wouldn't eat heuchera, but something is eating mine, what is it likely to be, any ideas gratefully received my bronze fennel got completely eaten too and the nepta. Not eaten the rosemary or hellebore or lavender.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Which bit is being eaten - foliage? 
    Vine weevil eat notches out the leaves, but it's the larvae which do the most damage, as they eat through the roots.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
    Its the leaves, I'll take a picture 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     :) 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
    edited November 2020
    Don't know if this has worked
  • Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
    This is the sad state of the fennel that was 2ft tall 
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    It did. That looks totally eaten...not the work of weevils. You may want to post a more general view of the whole plant. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
    This is the Nepeta
  • Natalie Treadgold 30Natalie Treadgold 30 Posts: 24
    Picture of the whole Heuchera

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    It's probably slugs or snails I think. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Bit of slug/snail damage on the heuchera - pretty normal. You can just remove dead or damaged leaves.  It's an ongoing process with them.  :)
    Fennel should be outside - in a sunny spot with free draining soil. It looks dreadfully soggy in that photo, and heavy soil. It really won't like that at all. 
    Nepeta is the same - sun and free draining soil. If they don't have that, and they're too wet, they won't thrive. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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