Revisiting Cady's Falls

Pinguicula grandiflora

A few weeks after my initial trip to Cady's Falls Nursery, I returned just so I could see this incredible sight! Pinguicula grandiflora in full bloom! All started from a single seed. Absolutely stunning!

Pinguicula grandiflora in Early May

In early May, the sight that greeted my eyes was wondrous, but not complete. Sure, there were a handful of Pings, but nothing was really growing at the time.

Pinguicula grandiflora

Boy, had things changed in a few short weeks! It was incredible! The 16+ hours of sun a day that we're getting resulted in the Pings flowering in full force. It was quite a sight!

Then

I mean, just compare then...

Now!

With now! Amazing!

Sarracenia purpurea

Elsewhere, the Sarracenia had not quite woken up yet. I've noticed that Sarrs are a bit slower to wake up than the small bog plants such as the Drosera and Pinguicula. My guess is that has to do with the more fragile nature of emerging pitchers with regard to frosts and the relative cost of producing pitchers compared to a few sticky leaves.

Sarracenia purpurea, purpurea hybrids, and oreophila

Quite a few plants were starting to put up pitchers during this second visit. I'm sure many of those have opened by now.

Sarracenia purpurea sbsp. purpurea heterophylla

I was pleased to be able to check in on the small clump of Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla.

Sarracenia purpurea

And I also enjoyed seeing the larger clumps of Sarracenia purpurea as well.

Sarracenia purpurea

I'm sure I'll revisit the nursery sometime, and have some more photos of the plants as they're further along. For now, however, I want to share a couple more of the magnificent P. grandiflora.

Pinguicula grandiflora

Such a great plant!

Pinguicula grandiflora

I can't wait to see my bog garden next year. Hopefully, all the P. grandiflora I bought will be doing well enough to flower like this next year.