Sarracenia - Mix varieties

Pitcher plants - Native NC

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Additional Information: Purchase at: Niche Gardens. Cahpel Hill, NC

Specializes in Native plants.

 

Carnivorous plants native to the eastern seaboard, Texas, the Great Lakes area and southeastern Canada, with most species occurring only in the south-east United States.(only S. purpurea occurs in cold-temperate regions). Leaves have evolved into a funnel in order to trap insects, the insects are attracted by a nectar-like secretion on the lip of pitchers, as well as a combination of color and scent. Slippery footing at the pitchers' rim, aided in at least one species by a narcotic drug lacing the nectar, causes insects to fall inside, where they die and are digested by the plant as a nutrient source.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 30” x 5-10”

PLANT TYPE: Semi- Evergreen

GROWTH RATE: Moderate

TEXTURE: fine

LIGHT: Full sun to part shade

WATER: moist, wet

SOIL: bog conditions
As observed in Coastal NC.

BLOOMS: early spring before the pitchers start to develop.


FRUIT  AND  SEED: seeds mature inside blooms.


KEY FEATURES: carnivorous plants, bog living. Require sun and moist to grow.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch

    One container of mixed species of Sarracenia place in a aprox. 8”x24”
plastic pot with drain holes. Placed pot in second container without holds to hold water. Soil mixture, 1/2 peat moss, 1/2 sand. Placed pot in full sun all year around.
Plants have flourish with little care. Over the years I havesplit plants and added a second pot.
Fall 2013: I created a bog in Stonehenge Gardens and transfer one container of plants to the bog. Kept one pot here.


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