How do I take care of Heucheras in containers?

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– David Carr

Bearing in mind the problem weevil, can heucheras be successful in a large container as perhaps a one year trial, please? I am a gardener and realise soil and watering are factors. I have a very small garden and have to use planters.
What compost mix is best and presumably spacing not too vital for the one season,.
Thank you any tips most appreciated from experts.
David

Hi David
Yes heucheras do very well in containers as long as you make sure they get watered and you keep an eye open for vine weevil issues.
If you put the pot on raised feet to ensure free drainage, as water logging can be an issue
Any free draining compost such as John Innes no 3
Spacing doesn’t really matter if it’s a short term project
Dead head to get the best foliage and repeat flowering
Feed with seaweed liquid feed such as seasol
If your keping the heucheras long term …..water with nematodes in August and again in September
In spring take a look for vine weevil grubs and wash roots if you do find any .
Hope this helps

Vicky and Richard Fox

Do you ship to Sweden?

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– Berit Olsen

Hi! Do you ship to Sweden?
Best regards Berit Olsen

Hi Berit
We do ship to all countries in the EU as it stands at the moment.

Vicky and Richard Fox

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How big are your pots that you ship plants in?

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– Ann Inglis

How big are your pot sizes and how big are your plants? I want to buy a heuchera and a tiarella.

Hi Ann
All our plants are in either 1 litre or 9cm pots.
1 litres can be potted straight into the garden, some of the 9cm can too. Other 9cm need to be moved on to a bigger pot.
It tells you which are what size once you clink under the image for ‘more information where it gives you all the info you might need.

http://www.plantagogo.com/HEUCHERA—-Caramel–PBR-209.html
Vicky and Richard Fox

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Trailing heuchellas in silver, purple and pink

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– Jo Scott

Hi there
I have an ugly old retaining wall that I want to transform into a living wall. I would like to plant heucherella along the top of the wall – in the soil that is being retained if that makes sense! My colour scheme is purples, pinks, whites, silvers etc and i have a few purple heuchera already which I love – these don’t trail though. Would you have any trailing versions in the purple/grey colours that I could buy?
Many thanks
Jo

Hi Jo
Thank you for your email
At the moment we have glacier falls that has green with a silver cast and white flowers that would suit
However there is a new variety coming ready in July that is called heucherella Plum Cascade and that will trail too
Hope this helps

http://www.plantagogo.com/HEUCHERELLA—-Glacier-Falls–PBR-1243.html
Vicky and Richard Fox

News for May

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It’s come up on us quickly, but it’s already time for our next open days this weekend! Join us May 6th and 7th from 10-4 each day to pick out gifts or new plants for your garden, have a nosy around our small little garden, and as always enjoy some delicious home made cakes!

Many of you will probably know we pick a different charity to donate cake proceeds to every open day, and the charity cake proceeds go to this weekend is the Stroke Association as part of ‘Make May Purple’ You can find out more information on their website.

As some of you may know, Vicky’s Dad has passed away, so please be patient with us while we get all of our orders out and get back to people’s emails and messages. Many of you may have met him at shows and open days, so we just wanted to let you know of his passing. Dad was a highly respected horticultural figure, being in the business for over 60 years! Penstemon pentastic, was a variety Fred bred and and dad which we will soon have available for sale.

Dad amongst some of the begonias that he and Fred (my brother) bred during his 60 years career in horticulture.

Our next show is RHS Malvern Spring Festival from the 11th to the 14th May. If you are going to the show and want to save a bit on postage, we will be operating our ‘click and collect’ for this show, so make sure you get your orders in with plenty of time!

After that it’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show from the 23rd – 27th of May. We will be in the great pavilion and let you know our table number closer to the time. Some of you may have heard but we will be launching a new variety of Heuchera at the show! You’ll be able to order it after we officially release it at Chelsea.

As you can see, we have a lot to get ready for in May, it will fly by and all be over before we know it I’m sure. Here’s to an exciting month!