Quick question @K67. Is it worth quarantining heucheras for a while or will the vine weevils get out anyway? If you find them in a potted plant can you get rid of them?
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.
I certainly would tip them out of their pots and actually wash off all the soil over a bucket and check the roots carefully and maybe leave them in water for 24 hours but when you have vine weevil you become a bit paranoid! There are nematodes you can buy but unless you have them they aren't a preventative measure.
Just posted this elsewhere that you can get hebe in small sizes I have Baby Marie which is supposed to grow to 40cm x 40cm but there are others that stay neat. https://www.gardenbeauty.co.uk/hebe
I have H. 'Baby Marie' and recommend it. A mass of white flowers in April-May.
Thank you @Papi Jo. I think I’m leaning towards heucheras for this border because of my colour scheme. But I do love hebes, and am interested in a small one for another border which I will be working on next, so thanks for that. One more thing @K67 and @Pianoplayer, I saw a customer review of heuchera blackberry jam saying that it doesn’t go woody as if that was a rare thing. Do you know if that variety is better for not going woody or are they all about the same? Almost ready to pick a variety. Resisting the urge to go mad and buy several until I know that I can grow them.
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.
I don't know if different varieties behave differently, I'm afraid. I do know that after 3-4 years of growth, they need to be lifted and divided, to give lots of new plants, like many perennials. https://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/plants/heuchera.php
Just to tempt you further there is this website too https://www.plantagogo.com/EVERYTHING-IN-STOCK/ As pianoplayer says they do tend to lift themselves out of the soil over time but it's been 4 years since I have grown them so maybe the newer varieties are better. I might give them a go againnafter another vine weevil hunting year as I do love them
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I certainly would tip them out of their pots and actually wash off all the soil over a bucket and check the roots carefully and maybe leave them in water for 24 hours but when you have vine weevil you become a bit paranoid!
There are nematodes you can buy but unless you have them they aren't a preventative measure.
I have H. 'Baby Marie' and recommend it. A mass of white flowers in April-May.
https://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/plants/heuchera.php
https://www.plantagogo.com/EVERYTHING-IN-STOCK/
As pianoplayer says they do tend to lift themselves out of the soil over time but it's been 4 years since I have grown them so maybe the newer varieties are better.
I might give them a go againnafter another vine weevil hunting year as I do love them