Thanks everyone for all this information. I will look at buying the Catesbaei Flava x Purpurea that Keen recommends as I would like a red flowering one.
I come from Dorset, near the coast and as it is fairly warm here in the winter, I think I will be able to leave the Sarracenias outside.
Monty Don once said that he had bought some Pitcher Plants and was going to keep them in his greenhouse, so I hoped he would give some guidance on growing them but he has never mentioned them again to my knowledge.
i have just sowed some seeds of the pitcher plant, I am wondering now if they should be left outside to germinate, I had them in the fridge as per instructions.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
There's no evidence of seedlings in my pot of Sarracenia, which I've had for 8 years, so I suspect they are not quick or easy to cultivate. They have formed larger clumps, but pretty slowly. My Heliamphora Nutans on the other hand, see pic above, is almost too big for it's small pot now. May have to divide it, in which case I'll have some up for grabs, as I don't need more than one plant.
I put the seeds in the fridge (just the seeds in a plastic bag, not in a seed tray with soil) over winter, this isn't really to stratify them or anything, it just keeps them safe from rotting/washing away in winter rains/getting eaten and sow in February in my cold greenhouse.
They usually sprout by mid summer, unless you are fastidious out the pollination you get cross breeding as all sarracenia's with happily cross breed, this means you get some great hybrids! but it can take 3-4 years before you know exactly what you've got
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Thanks everyone for all this information. I will look at buying the Catesbaei Flava x Purpurea that Keen recommends as I would like a red flowering one.
I come from Dorset, near the coast and as it is fairly warm here in the winter, I think I will be able to leave the Sarracenias outside.
Monty Don once said that he had bought some Pitcher Plants and was going to keep them in his greenhouse, so I hoped he would give some guidance on growing them but he has never mentioned them again to my knowledge.
That's Monty all over!!
i have just sowed some seeds of the pitcher plant, I am wondering now if they should be left outside to germinate, I had them in the fridge as per instructions.
Hi Lyn
There's no evidence of seedlings in my pot of Sarracenia, which I've had for 8 years, so I suspect they are not quick or easy to cultivate. They have formed larger clumps, but pretty slowly. My Heliamphora Nutans on the other hand, see pic above, is almost too big for it's small pot now. May have to divide it, in which case I'll have some up for grabs, as I don't need more than one plant.
my lips are sealed.
I put the seeds in the fridge (just the seeds in a plastic bag, not in a seed tray with soil) over winter, this isn't really to stratify them or anything, it just keeps them safe from rotting/washing away in winter rains/getting eaten and sow in February in my cold greenhouse.
They usually sprout by mid summer, unless you are fastidious out the pollination you get cross breeding as all sarracenia's with happily cross breed, this means you get some great hybrids! but it can take 3-4 years before you know exactly what you've got
I'm glad it's not just me who can't get to grips with the whole, quoting thing.
You're right,sometimes it works, sometimes the comments appear in the quote box, will have to work on that.
What we need is a preview box, all other sites have them.
Ok, when you have replied to the person you have quoted, do a double space. I thinks that's it.