I hadn't noticed any problems with one of my heuchera - until it was literally "blown out of the pot". There were hardly any roots left and I quickly identified the vine weevil in the pot. But - I washed and replanted the heuchera, kept it in shade for a while and it is now doing fine again. So don't despair! I shall use provado early in the year next time.
Thank you all for your comments and advice. I bought and used 'Provera' on all y potted plants. Crossing my fingers and hope my heuchera has been saved. I will let you know the outcome.
Just a note for Hostafan1(are you really a Hosta fan?) I moved my agapanthus to the garden and they doubled in size the summer.
We tried a strawberry planter and the weevil killed all the plants. Primula scare almost impossible to grow, but some survive. Our soil is very light so it's easy to access the roots. Last year I planted a trough with strawberries and cove red the soil with slate chips- that stopped the little varmints.
I have a heuchera which was planted in full sun in my front garden and as it was looking a bit sad and I had read that they like to be divided and replanted deeper every couple of years I did what was suggested, when I dug it up I was puzzled that it had holes in the roots but then I saw the culprit a vine weevil grub, I checked for any other grubs and divided the plant a replanted it/them, the plant grew well and looked better straight away these plants can survive anything just replant it deeper it will grow and spread. I also had a yellow one which last year was covered in rust but as it was a bad year all-around for rust I left it alone, this year it came back fighting but within a short time I noticed the rust coming back, I noticed my neighbour had a yellow heuchera in her back garden which looked healthy so I moved mine into a shadier part of my back garden, the plant divided into several pieces without much root at all but I planted all the pieces and picked off some of the rust affected leaves not wanting to leave it leafless, within a month new leaves were growing so I could pick off the rest of the rust affected leaves, the plants grew strongly through the summer without the rust returning, success on both counts.
I have tried to pick the grubs out, but there are always one or two hidden somewhere, now I always take the plants out and rinse the roots in running water to get even the last grub out and then plant them in fresh compost.
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My leaves of my primula weren't a giveaway until I lifted them off the surface of the soil.
What should I look out for with the leaves?
I hadn't noticed any problems with one of my heuchera - until it was literally "blown out of the pot". There were hardly any roots left and I quickly identified the vine weevil in the pot. But - I washed and replanted the heuchera, kept it in shade for a while and it is now doing fine again. So don't despair! I shall use provado early in the year next time.
Update!
I am now minus one bergenia and a heuchera!!!! Sake! nothing is safe from these beasties!!!!
Thank you all for your comments and advice. I bought and used 'Provera' on all y potted plants. Crossing my fingers and hope my heuchera has been saved. I will let you know the outcome.
Just a note for Hostafan1(are you really a Hosta fan?) I moved my agapanthus to the garden and they doubled in size the summer.
We tried a strawberry planter and the weevil killed all the plants. Primula scare almost impossible to grow, but some survive. Our soil is very light so it's easy to access the roots. Last year I planted a trough with strawberries and cove red the soil with slate chips- that stopped the little varmints.
I have a heuchera which was planted in full sun in my front garden and as it was looking a bit sad and I had read that they like to be divided and replanted deeper every couple of years I did what was suggested, when I dug it up I was puzzled that it had holes in the roots but then I saw the culprit a vine weevil grub, I checked for any other grubs and divided the plant a replanted it/them, the plant grew well and looked better straight away these plants can survive anything just replant it deeper it will grow and spread. I also had a yellow one which last year was covered in rust but as it was a bad year all-around for rust I left it alone, this year it came back fighting but within a short time I noticed the rust coming back, I noticed my neighbour had a yellow heuchera in her back garden which looked healthy so I moved mine into a shadier part of my back garden, the plant divided into several pieces without much root at all but I planted all the pieces and picked off some of the rust affected leaves not wanting to leave it leafless, within a month new leaves were growing so I could pick off the rest of the rust affected leaves, the plants grew strongly through the summer without the rust returning, success on both counts.
I have tried to pick the grubs out, but there are always one or two hidden somewhere, now I always take the plants out and rinse the roots in running water to get even the last grub out and then plant them in fresh compost.
That works fine.