Some Updates

Sarracenia purpurea subspecies purpurea

I hope everyone has been having a great time growing plants these past few months! I've been a bit quieter on here because I've been busy with so much else in life. That said, if you want to read more about carnivores, see some great photos, and get some seeds, I do have a special going on over at this link on my sales website.

Over the summer, I closed down my lowland tent and gave most of those plants to a friend in southern Florida. It's not that I don't want to grow a dozen different kinds of bical, it just that, in a drafty, old New England farmhouse from the 1800s, it's been a huge challenge to keep the plants warm enough during the long, cold, northern New Hampshire winters. So, I decided to make the sacrifice and close down that operation. (I did keep a few smaller plants).

The bogs were all put to bed a couple months ago. They're growing like crazy. I think I may end up having to do divisions this year and do a bareroot Sarracenia sale. It kinda depends on how spring goes for me. I have definitively determined that there are actually quite a few species which will grow okay up here, although, I'm sure, they would all enjoy being in a bit of a different position than I have them currently. (My bogs only get afternoon sun, so I don't get the rich coloration that I was getting when I had pots in the morning/mid-day sun).

The highland plants are all still growing like gangbusters, but I need to do some clean up on them. I haven't spent much time on them over the past year-or-so, except to part with a few and take a few photos.

Hope all is well and you have a happy holidays!