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Project Heuchera

 

AIM – To rescue Heuchera Plum Pudding from the dreaded vine weevil

 

This heuchera (aka Coral Bells) was looking very sorry for itself so considering they are very tough plants, it means only one thing … vine weevil!

We just pulled the plant up as its roots had been eaten, then split the plant into individual crowns and potted them into our biodegradable pots to grow on until there is space to plant them out.
This story is not all bad though as we now have 3 heucheras from one! We still don’t like the think the weevils did us a favour!
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