Category Archives: Gardening

How should I trim back my heucheras?

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– Peter Mcswiggan

should i trim back the heucheras-they areneeding some attention–thank you PETER

Hi Peter
January is not a good month to trim them back.
Wait until you can see fresh growth coming through, usually about March/April time. Then you can trim off the old foliage.
Leaving the foliage on over the winter months will help protect the crown from the winter wet.
If you feel they are going rotten due to being over wet, the best thing to do is to plant them into containers, if already in containers check the drainage.
Many Heuchera look great in containers even if its only to get them away from wet borders in winter, then come the spring when the weather improves you can plant back into the garden.
Heuchera ‘Beaujolais’ does very well in containers on our patio

Vicky and Richard Fox

What is the best way to protect my heucherella plants from vine weevil?

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– Angela

Hi, can you please advise the best way to protect my heucherella plants from vine weevil. I have lost 4 plants this year all of which were in pots. I thought they were all ok but when I tried to tidy them up this last week all that was left was foliage on top of pot and no root left.
Kind regards
Angela Lindsay

Hi Angela,
The best way to protect your plants from Vine weevil is to water with Nematodes in middle of August and again middle to end of September.
You can do them in the spring but the nematodes are temperature sensitive, below 6 degrees kills them.
Follow the instructions on the packet (no cutting corners )
Plants can be saved if all the roots have gone, but are still showing life.
Treat them like a large cutting as they have to re root. Don’t over water!
Hope this helps
info also on our website under growing tips/information

Don’t know which is your favourite?
I love the new Variety Heucherella ‘Art Noveau’

http://www.plantagogo.com/Heucherella-Art-Noveau.html
Vicky and Richard Fox

When is the best time to plant tiarellas and Heucherellas?

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– Gary

When is the best time to plant Tiarellas and can I plant Heucherellas at the same time?

Hi Gary
You can plant Heuchera, Heucherella & Tiarella all year round, as long as the ground isn’t frozen.
Have you seen our new Tiarella ‘Angel Wings’ its very pretty with unusual foliage

http://www.plantagogo.com/Tiarella-Angel-Wings-TM-Fox-Series.html
Vicky and Richard Fox

Happy Holidays

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Happy Holidays from all of us at Plantagogo!

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We’ve been busy re-covering our tunnels, which has been long overdue to get everything ready for winter and getting the nursery nice and tidy ready for spring.

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If you’re still looking for presents for your loved ones, our gift vouchers make a great and easy to give gift! We are sure the recipients will love picking out their favourite plants to fill their garden with.

We’ve added a new section on our top menu bar called Quickshop where you can quickly and easily search for plants or items by categories and alphabetical order if you know what you are after. This is mainly for repeat customers to save time looking through all the products and photos.

Last orders to receive plants or gift vouchers by Christmas is December 10th, so be quick!

Heucheras are Great for Winter Colour

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berry-smoothie(Heuchera Berry Smoothie)

Heucheras are great for some winter colour for your flower beds and borders. Just look how gorgeous these frosty beauties look around our nursery after our first frost last week! As they are hardy perennials, they can normally withstand the colder temperatures and some varieties even retain their brightly coloured foliage.

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Heuchera Tangerine Wave has pretty cascading colours of green, yellow, orange and pink with even brighter under foliage colours.

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h-autumn-cascade-and-phoebes-blush(Heucherella Autumn Cascade and Heuchera Phoebe’s Blush)

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All our plants ship to you in big 1 litre pots so that they have developed roots and are ready to be planted. They would make fantastic Christmas presents for the plant lovers in your life as they can be planted straight away. Order by December 10 to receive your plants in time for Christmas. Want to give the gift of plants but don’t think someone will want to plant them this time of year? We also sell gift vouchers here.