Seedling Spotlight: Lidless
Pitcher plants come in all sorts of colors and forms. They look pretty unique already … but those lidless ones? Oh, those lidless ones are on another level of strange and I like it! They are...
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2022: First FlowerS. purpurea montana x flava var. ornata – lidless The first flower of 2022 goes to an interesting plant that resulted from 2016 cross I did: S. purpurea montana x flava var. ornata –...
View ArticleSeedling Spotlight: Lidless Moorei
S. leucophylla ‘Bris’ x flava lidless giant A very special seed recently germinated. It may not look like much now, but this is one that I’m pretty excited about. As some of you may know, I’m into...
View ArticleCatesbaeis
A sweet catesbaei cross I did back in 2016: Sarracenia purpurea montana x flava var. ornata – lidless. These babies resulting from this cross sport an upright pinched hood and some glorious veins. Fun...
View ArticleS. flava ‘Pastel’
Sarracenia flava ‘Pastel’ – from Steve G. Early season June traps starting to get that faint blush of color. This will be my first season growing Pastel outdoors, I’m pretty excited to watch this one...
View ArticleSarracenia flava var. ornata – Bulloch Co., GA
Sarracenia flava var. ornata – Bulloch Co, GA – Black VeinsThis plant was gifted to me a few years ago by friend and fellow grower extraordinaire, Phil Faulisi. This flava has a shorter growth habit...
View ArticleBuds
It’s that time of year when plants start to wake up and send up their flowers. Buds are rising! If you’re not using the flowers for breeding, do you snip buds off to promote more vigorous pitcher...
View ArticleMay 2020: First Week
With the weather warming up, the plants are gaining a lot of momentum and pushing up new growth. Here are a few photos from this first week of May. There is a lot to look forward to; and there is a...
View ArticleSpring Update
It’s the end of April and plants here in the PNW are on the move. After a long dormancy, it is so refreshing to see growth happening. It’s been pretty busy in the garden the past few months. A lot of...
View ArticleStranger Sarracenia
Inspired by the Netflix original series – Stranger Things. Because I like strange plants. This is dedicated to all of the the stranger Sarracenia. Here are some of the freaks. You might even find some...
View ArticleFirst Flower
Hello all you beautiful people out there! Hope you all have been well! I’ve finished moving out of The Asylum and took the month of February to just relax a little bit from the wonderful fiasco of...
View ArticleSummer Update Photo Dump
Hello all you beautiful people! Yeahhh, I know — It seems like it has forever since I’ve posted anything here. Yeah, things have been pretty busy outside of the garden the past couple of months but...
View ArticleSarracenia “Chaos”
Many of the Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ crosses by Dr. Travis H. Wyman have just turned out fantastic and it has been a joy to watch the plants mature from seed over the years. The parent plant,...
View ArticleFlava Fun!
Just a few Sarracenia flavas, for fun. Enjoy! The flava section Sarracenia flava ‘Waccamaw’ Sarracenia flava “Powhatan” Sarracenia flava var. autropurpurea Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora Sarracenia...
View ArticleSarracenia flava var. ornata – Bulloch Co., GA
Sarracenia flava var. ornata – Bulloch Co., GA A couple of recently opened pitchers from this stylish S. flava. The veins make this plant appear as if it is sporting some pin stripes! Those veins also...
View ArticleSarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) x ‘Adrian...
A young plant from a cross I did some years ago. Not of blooming age yet. The mother/pod parent plant – Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) – is a fantastic red moorei bred...
View ArticleFlowers
Here’s a small sampling of early buds and bloomers. Many more blooms are on their way which means many more potential crosses to make into a reality. *** Sarracenia alata Sarracenia alata – Texas...
View ArticleFabulous February
February, so far, is looking pretty fab. Thanks to the warm January, much of the crop has been moving at a very fast speed. There are plenty of buds to be found all over the place, a few open pitchers,...
View ArticleJanuary Update
Greetings all! I hope you’ve had a great start to the new year so far. My wish is that you, your loved ones and your plants will find happiness and health all throughout this coming year. Things are...
View ArticleS. (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) x ‘Adrian Slack’ A cross I did in 2012, showing off some nifty coloration!
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