Spring 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 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...
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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 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 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 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 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 Article2022: First Flower
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
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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