Sarracenia bog

[eOrchids]

Here are my carnivorous plants bogs in bloom.

I have different varity of Sarracenia flava, a Sarracenia alata, and Sarracenia oreophila. All the blooms belong to Sarracenia flava.

This bog contain Sarracenia purpurea species and their varities.

I have another bog but it's not in bloom.

 

[cdub]

That's pretty sweet. When some spare money falls into my lap I'm going to try my hand at a small bog garden with sarracenia.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

That's a great bog you have there. Very cool plants. :clap:

 

[Corbin]

Do you take them indoors in the winter?

 

[eOrchids]

Do you take them indoors in the winter?

Yup!

 

[suss16]

I guess living a little further south helps... In Norfolk, VA I just plant them in a prepared bed next to the pond.

 

[eOrchids]

Nice Suss! I see S. rubra and S. flava. :clap:

 

[fundulopanchax]

Hey, guys,

Very nice!

Ron

 

[MoreWater]

very nice! I have a soft spot for containers, bog gardens included.

I guess Meadowview must be in bloom too. (Will I ever make it there for a visit...?)

 

[paphioboy]

Very very nice...!! I wish I could use sarracenias for landscaping like that...

 

[Heather]

Not wet enough here, though we sure can grow moss like the dickens!

Need to get to the bog garden this week at GITW - no one else at work (at least amongst my walking buddies) appreciates these as I do....

 

[biothanasis]

Nice displays!!!!!!!!! I love carnivorous plants!!!!!!!!!! I do not have any, though...

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice bogs guys! Mine too is doing its thing:

 

[NYEric]

Nice, crazy weather I'm suprised its so full.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

I'm curious...for you that have container bogs, what's actually in the containers besides water? Sphagnum moss or something?

Joanne

 

[NYEric]

bog! oke:

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

bog! oke:

Thanks, that's helpful.

 

[Corbin]

Yes, we need instructions.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I'm curious...for you that have container bogs, what's actually in the containers besides water? Sphagnum moss or something?

Joanne

At the time of planting I used pure sand at the bottom extending halfway up the container. The upper compost was a 50:50 mix of sand and sphagnum peatmoss. No live sphagnum was used since it is both difficult to maintain and tends to overwhelm smaller plants - of course my little garden is overwhelmed by cranberries! At this point, three years later, I'm sure that the whole bog is root bound.

The bottom 3/4 is undrained, but the upper 1/4 is via small wholes bored into the sides of the container.

 

[suss16]

Eric - try this site:

http://hometown.aol.com/atlfinegardens/page1.html