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Help me save my Heucheras please!

DudaDuda Posts: 1
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Just wondering if anyone could help?

My heucheras were looking very healthy a week ago but in the last couple of days I've noticed them looking really poorly and I don't know what's going wrong with them. 

it started in one of them and now they all seem to have the same problem. Could anyone tell me what it is and if I can solve the problem somehow?! 

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  • Snow MaidenSnow Maiden Posts: 862

    Agree that it could be vine weevils, About 6 wks ago one of my Dad's heucheras was looking very sad and after removing it from its pot grubs were found, so I put it to soak in a bowl of water for a couple of hrs. Afterwards I split it into 6 smaller plants and washed each one very carefully and still found a few grubs in some hollowed out pieces of root, We now have 6 very healthy ( and rapidly growing) plants, so it's really worth taking time to clean the roots well.

    Last edited: 21 July 2016 19:38:24

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719

    Agree with all above, we spoke to a specialist grower, either at Chelsea or Hampton Court Flower Shows, and were told the darker the leaves the more sun they would tolerate.  I lost quite a few last year, that were in the ground, told most likely the wet conditions.

  • jeanettejacksonjeanettejackson Posts: 1

    Up until yesterday I had a beautiful  purple  Heurchera. I was watering  my garden  yesterday  evening and noticed  my purple  heurchera didn't  looked right. I lifted the plant  up and  it came  away in my hand. I found quite a lot of white  coloured  grubs  in the pot. It was such  a shame  as it looked so lovely.  I decided  to split the Heuchera up (about 6 small ones) and I hosed them down and cut all the dead parts off and repotted them in new pots and new compost. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening as I have about 10 different  Heucheras?

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719

    Vine wevils, they love heucheras.

  • maxinewillis2maxinewillis2 Posts: 1
    My lime green heucheras have all got a mottled white on all their leaves, any ideas on this problem?
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Maxine - I think it's the issues previously raised in the thread. They can get a bit of mildew and foliar damage if they're too dry, and/or in a lot of sun, but they're quite forgiving so if you chop off anything that looks unsightly, they'll come back again.  :)

    They tend to 'pull' themselves out of the ground Ian, but if you you lift and re plant a bit deeper, that usually solves the problem. They're certainly more prone to weevils in pots, but less so in the ground. The one good thing about them is that they grow very readily from little pieces pulled off a plant. Most of mine have come from little bits which have seeded into cracks in walls and paving where I work. 
    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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