Pitcher Plant Carnivorous White Topped (1 and 50 similar items

Bare Root Rhizomes, Ready To Grow! At their Botanique nursery in Virginia, botanist Robert Sacilotto and co-owner Butch Bailey have been careful stewards of rare, and often endangered, species of carnivorous plants for decades, and they now have more than 80,000 such plants! (Sarracenia leucophylla) USDA zones 7 and up (zones 5-6 with protection). This amazing insect-eating perennial is native to the deep southeastern portion of the U.S. Lovely flowers are various shades of red. Amazing trumpet-like frilled foliage, (the pitchers), are white-topped and delicately marbled with red and/or green veins. First-year plants usually make 1–3 pitchers in the spring, some flat leaves in midsummer, and 1-3 of the most colorful pitchers in late Aug.–Oct. The plants require an acidic, low mineral soil and moist to wet conditions, This can easily be accomplished by container planting in a mix of peat moss and sand or perlite. Full sun for five hours or more is required; indoor growing is not advised, due to light and dormancy needs. We ship 100% nursery- propagated bare root mature rhizomes, ready to plant and start growing. Growing instructions sent with order.