carnivorous!!

[sawfish]

I got some rather uninspiring pitcher plants from a friend in March. Now they're amazing and apparently they spread well with their underground tubers.
I intend making a small bog garden at the bottom of my plot with loads of these in it. WATCH OUT FLIES!!

Check out the pic.

[sawfish]

[Georgie]

Great picture.  Yours look a lot more attractive than the ones I saw in Kew Gardens earlier in the summer.  They have theirs in a the temperate house.  I had no idea that they can be grown outdoors.  Good luck with them.

G x

[Froglegs]

They look great,and you say they are hardy?.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I had a large and flourishing one years ago. It only ate very small flies, but it was a fascinating thing. I don't think they're officially hardy, but with the mild winters we're getting, I've been thinking about trying some outdoors.

[sawfish]

Better than the ones in Kew!! My god what an accolade.

They are hardy I've seen them in the Stirling countryside and they grow in the moors in Orkney!

[Robert_Brenchley]

Better than the ones in Kew!! My god what an accolade.

They are hardy I've seen them in the Stirling countryside and they grow in the moors in Orkney!

Sarracenias? Are you sure? There are plenty of insectivorous plants in the Scottish bogs, due to a lack of nitrogen, but I've never seen Sarracenia.

[calendula]

I think they are fabulous but not totally convinced about their hardiness else I would grow as many as possible as I really like them all - weird or what  ;D

I especially like the drosera with their sticky pods that look like dew drops - not easy from seed though

[sawfish]

The guy I got the plant from showed me where they are growing wild near Stirling and I know there are pitcher plants in Orkney but I'm unsure what species, probably not Sarracenia.

These have grown like wildfire outside in a pot in my plot in Glasgow.

[star]

Excellent Sawfish, now can you grow one to catch moles and squirrels??...........Please ;D ;D

[Toadspawn]

A lot of Sarracenias are hardy down to minus 10 degrees C. They are native to North America. I have four which spend all summer in pots standing in the pond in about an inch of water.  Because they cost so much I tend to 'chicken out' and stand them in water the cold GH overwinter for added protection. Some of the Sundews are hardy and grow wild in the UK. Many of the Nepenthes pitcher plants are most certainly not in the least bit hardy. If you go to any of the shows where there is a display stand it is possible to obtain hardy plants and there are many specialist nurseries scattered throughout the UK

[sawfish]

The two types I have are:

Sarracenia Leucophylla

Sarracenia Oreophila

[Froglegs]

Hardy or not Sawfish,they are stunning........but don't turn ya back on them after a meteor shower. :o ;)

[paulinems]

saracenias come from Carolina they will stand the cold we have them outside  (covered in snow when we had some )and in greenhouse but you must remember that they are bog plants and if you water with tap water you will kill them stand in dish of rainwater only we clean off the old pithers in spring , and the new ones will start growing,we grow lots, we have a small nursery and take to plants to garden shows each year with displays of them ,droseras you will find around are bogy places and mayby pinguliculas and also uricularias
Paula  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I had a flourishing potful in Cornwall which were always watered with tapwater. I imagine it depends on hardness. My seeds have arrived from Chiltern Seeds, and they'll be going in later today. I've got more confidence in some of the others in the same lot, but there's no harm in trying.

[flytrapman]

I have a large collection of CPs and grow quite a few outside in bogs, the hardiest sarracenias are purpurea. I have a greenhouse full on the lottie they are always a centre of attraction.
If any body wants any seeds Ill check the plants to see if any are left