I'm not suggesting yanking it out or anything. If nothing else, they look good and healthy. It's more that at this time of year, I have the time to walk around and notice things, and wonder out loud, as it were. Later on, I'll be too busy (I have a seasonal business that gets very busy from early June onward) to be observant, much less move anything around. :) They will get a lot of sun in that spot (morning sun until about 1 pm), so will get as black as they can. coolplantsguy, I've noticed that variability in PP before. I bought about 20 in quart size about 10 years ago to edge a bed, not really paying much attention when I picked them out as to whether they matched each other. Sometime later I noticed that I had at least 3 kinds that looked different, mostly in the gloss of the leaves, but also in color and shape.

I think it also depends on heat, too. Some of mine that are in a cooler section of the yard perform differently than in warmer sections, even if the light exposure is similar.

Deb-I think the woodiness factor was due to the age of the plants, not the winter heave. Heuchs start sprawling and looking ragged after they live a while and need to be "re-propagated" if you will. Linnea- I can think of several benefits to potting up the heuchera...the nice fluffy dirt you mentioned being one. It's also easier to move the plants around to different environments if they show stress or aren't growing well if they're potted up. The main reason, I think, is that small plants root and grow better when they have their roots in a limited space, such as a pot. It's probably warmer for them. I grow a lot of hostas in pots and I always start them out in smaller pots and then move them up as they get bigger. I've found that starting them out in a pot that is much larger than they need inhibits their growth. I'm assuming the same would hold true for the heuchs. Since you're worried about them drying out while you're away, you may sink the potted heuchs into the soft garden soil. That way they still have root insulation but you can let your sprinkler system or hose do the work of keeping them watered. If you decide to pot your heuchs up, I would re-work the soil where their permanent home is eventually going to be. If you added some compost and some grit for drainage, the ground wouldn't get as hard and they'd reward you with faster growth. This post was edited by flower-frenzy on Thu, Jul 4, 13 at 15:20

Linelle, I love the BM Palace White on your walls with the white trim! I am now considering this color for my low light home office room. Thank you! The sample board is very pretty. Which do you like better the BM Palace White or the SW Antique White? I am considering them both for my home office with bright white trim and doors. I think next year I am going to get rid of the three taupe colored (neutral in the day time but at night the taupe design in the off-white blinds makes the blinds look dirty and gray) double honeycomb (wish were single honeycomb to let in more light) top-down/bottom-up blinds with long strings that keep tangling that I have been living with for about 4 years and have disliked the blinds ever since they went in my home office three windows. It was the worst $900 I spent (Alta Blinds ... a division of Hunter Douglas ... bought from Budget Blinds... never went back to him since he did not tell me to test a sample at night or that the strings would be so long they would touch the floor ... wish I got retractible cords). The other windows I love all of my blinds since I learned to get samples to look at in different lighting situations and at night. All my blinds needed to be replaced since they fell off the windows so I had to make decisions and I tried my best. I know if the blinds were off of the windows and were more white, I would love every color on the wall. So maybe I should disregard them for now knowing I will save and next year get something different despite the cost. Unless a different paint color other than the BM Linen White makes them look better to me and I can live with them a a few more years.