Heuchera Creme Brulee

All my heucheras are doing OK except this one! Is anyone growing this one successfully? I am wondering if it isn't a strong plant and I don't want to replace it with another if the same thing is likely to happen.

Val

 

Same here Val, I bought six jumbo plugs in March and grew them on. Creme Brulee and Electric Lime never grew as well as the others and have all but disappeared.

 

All my heucheras are doing fine to apart from Citronelle.
It's been in the ground and in a pot never been happy.

 

I always did think those weird, unnatural colours looked a bit nesh. Never actually grown that one myself but I bought one for my mother and it didn't last long.

 

I have never planted a creme brulee, but do have a client that has a few .... they all look very healthy, and all are in semi shade

all the huechera that I hav planted are looking well with huge leaves, but I have been foliar feeding with a seaweed based fertilizer on a regular basis

 

My Huechera is struggling - leaves are quite small.
I feed with chicken pellets regularly.

Any tips?

 

they don't like overwatering ... (that sounds dumb with all the rain we had)

so, when planting into the ground, dig a decent sized hole and use loads of perlite mixed with a compost such as John Innes #3 (initially, John Innes #3 acts and looks like wet cement when you water, but after a few weeks, it drains fine)

when planting, make sure that it's in the correct aspect (semi-shade etc) and don't cover the growing point/crown (centre of the plant)

I have been using 2 foliar feeds lately and apply them every week (I alternate)

the 1st one is made of seaweed and algae ... it is called Biobizz alg-a-mic ... it is the only cold pressed seaweed that I know of and I dilute it at 2ml per litre of water (it is very strong and you should not exceed the recomended dosage) ... some say you should not use hard water with this product, so I use spring water that you buy in bottles from Tesco (5 litres of Ashbeck costs £1.20) for all the foliar feeding

http://www.gchydro.com/biobizz alg-a-mic.html


the second one that I use is called Biobizz fish mix ...it is made of fish and sugar beet ... I dilute this at 4ml per litre of water ... don't spill any at it stinks bad!

http://www.gchydro.com/BioBizz+Fish-Mix.html

both products cost under £10 per litre and last a very long time ... you can also buy 1/2 litre bottles .... they are good for all your plants including roses, shrubs etc

when applying the foliar feed, use a decent mister sprayer, and apply at sunset (not in full sun)

 

I never plant them at the same level as the pot (too deep) always keep them slightly proud of the soil here a picture of mine but its only new

Spruce
ps forgot to say this is Creme Brulea

 

here's a pic of some huechera ... photo was taken early this week ... I don't have a good camera and they are much better than what it looks like in the pic .... the leaves are huge

 

and here are some georgia peach amongst other plants ... not a good pic but the best I have at the moment ... the ones by the palms were plug plants that were planted directly into the ground approx 7 weeks ago

 

My Georgia Peach is one of the more healthy ones, the Tetrapanax looks good too Dim.

 

georgia peach is my favourite as it looks very good in winter ... some of the others look a bit scraggyly in winter

the T-rex was a plug plant a few weeks ago and is growing strong now

the only shrub that I find that grows very slow is a fatsia spiders web .... I bought a small one a few months ago, and it's looking fine, but has not even grown one new leaf

 

What you gonna do when the ceanothus, the tetrapanax and the black Beauty grow up and start beating hell out of each other?

 

not sure .... but I will ask questions on this forum


this garden is planted full, and there is not even space to plant some coleus

behind the black beauty is a ricinus ... and behind that is musa basjoo (it's still small and you cannot see it in the pic) ... and behind that (in the corner) is an acer bloodgood

 

Mine are quite biggish. After they grow the big flower stems with the little ball-like buds(?) on it, are they meant to open up and flower? Mine haven't..