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Sarracenia Areolata Pitcher PlantWE DO NOT SHIP PLANTS. LOCAL PICK UP ONLY
This pitcher resembles Sarracenia leucophylla. Its pitchers are white and the veins are combination of red and yellow.
Sarracenia x areolata
- Ease to Grow: Easy.
- Dormancy: Recommended.
- Parental Native Range: Wet Pocosins of the Gulf Coast of North America.
- Zones: 6-8. Recommend Zone 7.
Sarracenia x areolata is a naturally occurring hybrid, S. alata x leucophylla with tall, erect green pitchers accented with rows of white areole (windows) and broad scarlet red veins.
The hood is tinted a pinkish orange, has wavy margins, and arches over the trap opening.
As with other S. leucophylla hybrids, it has a nice show of Spring pitchers, but a great show of large, vigorous and stout Fall pitchers that can appear a rusty red. S. x areolata prefers open, sunny, boggy conditions, and holds its color into the frost.
The flowers are fragrant, have a creamy pink color, and bloom mid-season. This hybrid is named after the plentiful rows of areoles or windows.
- Height: 12" - 22".
- Plant Type: Perennial, temperate.
- Soil: Upper Bog Mix or General CP Mix.
- Light: Bright indoors, full sun to partial sun outdoors.
- Use: Grows well in the bog garden, greenhouse and indoors.
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia sp.) Care - Use only pure water – rainwater, distilled water or RO water. Be careful of bottled water as some contain salt which will kill your Pitcher Plant
- Keep soil moist; usually a tray or dish with 1/2 to 1.0 inch of water
- Mist the pitcher every few days with pure water
- Pitcher plants like a sunny or partial sunny location.
- Soil is a mixture of 50% peat and 50% play sand. Some growers add pearlite to the mix.
- Do not fertilize your plant. Pitcher plants will receive sufficient nutrition from the bugs they catch
- It’s best to let your Pitcher plant go dormant from Thanksgiving to Valentines Day. Keep cool but freezing; keep moist but not too wet. A cold garage, cold window are good – 35 to 50 degrees.
- Repot your pitcher plant every 3 to 5 years during its dormancy; use a taller pot
- Pitcher plants are best in bogs but can survive in a sunny window but must have a rest period
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