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| A tray of S. rosea |
These plants are one of the easiest of all carnivorous plants to grow, as well as one of the most rewarding.
If you grow these plants, make sure to give S. purpurea subsp. purpurea a long and cold dormancy, but watch the temperatures on S. rosea. They are from the south, and do not appreciate really cold temperatures.
Subsp. purpurea is found north of Maryland. Subsp. venosa is found south of Virginia, with intermediates occurring in between the two ranges. V. montana is found in the mountains of the Carolina, with one site occurring in Georgia. subsp. venosa grows south along the Atlantic coastal plains, south to Georgia. There is a gap along central Georgia, with the range continuing from the Florida pan handle, west to Louisiana. There are differences between the plants of the gulf coast and Atlantic coast, so a new species has been describes (S. rosea). If you want to read about the differences between the subspecies please check out Barry Rice's website.
Sarracenia purpurea page
Sarracenia rosea page
Here are the pictures of some of the clones i am growing.
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| S. purpurea subsp. purpurea F. heterophylla |
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| S. purpurea subsp. venosa Old dock, Nc Clone H |
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| S. purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana Jackson co, NC |
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| S. rosea mobile co, AL clone A |
Nice purps!
ReplyDeleteAll are really nice, love your collection! I usually try to stick to more southern location species with my purps, being in zone 9 and all it just made sense. I did pick up a purp ssp. purp heterophylla this year though, guess we'll see how ok it is with a dormancy on the warmer side.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :) I also live in Zone 9b.I heard that S. purpurea subsp. purpurea and v. montana do not do well in my climate, as well as rubra subsp. jonesii. I think i read this on Rob's blog. He says they just eventually die due to being to warm, but mine is still alive almost a year later. :)
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