The Last of the Sarrs

Sarracenia leucophylla

As Hurricane Matthew barrels up the coast, the Sarrs here are beginning to slow down for winter. The leucos are all so stuffed with bugs that the pitchers have started rotting out. (That's a good thing because this will be their first winter outside, and they'll need strong, healthy rhizomes).

Sarracenia purpurea cross

In recent weeks, the beautiful fall pitchers have emerged from a variety of plants. The most stunning have come from the crosses with Sarracenia purpurea. I've recently learned that the position of my bog gardens is not optimal in terms of getting great color on my plants, but many of the purpurea hybrids have powered through and given me some nice color anyway.

Sarracenia 'Leah Wilkerson'

Interestingly, it's my smallest bog where most of the plants are looking the best. It has the most color, by far, but that's probably a factor of a couple gigantic Nasturtiums blocking quite a bit of sunlight for the other bogs.

Sarracenia leucophylla

Nevertheless, the leucos are looking quite stunning (and they're rivaling the flavas in terms of bug catching this year).

Sarracenia leucophylla

Other than these guys, there's not a whole lot of color in the bog garden (mostly thanks to the fact that most of it is filled with the greenish-yellow of a number of flavas). Still, it's quite impressive to see so many white leuco pitchers among the bog inhabitants.

Sarracenia leucophylla

I only wish we had gotten some photos before the bugs filled up the pitchers.