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Sarracenia Flava Pitcher Plant
WE DO NOT SHIP PLANTS. LOCAL PICK UP ONLY
- Ease to Grow: Easy
- Dormancy: Suggested.
- Native Range: Wet Pocosins of Coastal Southeastern North America.
- Zones: 7-9 (6-10).
- Height: 12" - 32".
- Plant Type: Perennial, temperate.
- Soil: Upper Bog Mix or General CP Mix.
- Light: Bright indoors, full sun outdoors.
- Use: Grows well in the bog garden, greenhouse and indoors. It is an excellent accent plant.
The traps of Sarracenia flava are predominantly yellowish green, and vivid buttery yellow in full sun.
It has prominent dark red veins that branch out from a blotch of red in the throat.
The nectar glands along the hood margins and throat are very productive, and attract many flying insects, particularly wasps. Sarracenia flava was one of the first pitcher plants to be discovered by European naturalists in the 1600s.
Sarracenia flava grows well in wet bog soil. It has its best traps in Spring when they are considerably larger and sturdier. They fade by Summer and develop phyllodia (flat leaves) that persist through winter. The very large and showy flowers are yellow, and fragrant.
Sarracenia flava is one of the largest and most spectacular blooms within the Sarracenia, which generally blooms from March to May before the pitchers fully develop.
Sarracenia flava is a pitcher plant for the collection or garden, and will grow in northern zones with winter protection.
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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