Sarracenia areolata Woodsia humid garden where it forms

humid garden where it forms a 3' tall x 3' wide deciduous shrub

the clumps are topped with terminally-borne pendent spikes of alien antennae-like flower spikes

shared by plantsman extraordinaire Aaron Floden

The only maintenance we perform is to cut the flower stalks back as low as possible as soon as the flowers fade

imported from China in the mid-1990s by Dr

Sarracenia areolata Woodsia humid garden where it formsSarracenia x areolata is a hybrid pitcher plant from a cross of Sarracenia alata and the white topped Sarracenia leucophylla. The pitchers resemble Sarracenia leucophylla, with an abundance of white windows, but the window veins are a combination of red and yellow each seedling is unique. The flowers that top the re emerging clumps in April (NC) hover from the 20" tall stalks like bright red flying saucers. Remember that sarracenias like moist toes