Bog gardening

[christian pfalz]

hi, some pics of my bog, from today...

drosera...

sarracena flava

[christian pfalz]

some more...

a bog, that i´ve created last year by a friend...

last week...

last year...

last year with pogonia in bloom...

i´m searching for sarracenia purpurea var. venosa ssp. burkii

cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

...someone from today...
sarracena flava in bloom...

another sarracena...

cheers
chris

[Paddy Tobin]

Chris,

Perhaps because I feel we have enough rain here and the place is wet enough already but I have never attempted a bog garden. However, the range of plants you have shown would tempt me to give it a try. They are excellent and I have a place which would suit them.

Paddy

[christian pfalz]

paddy, nice to hear this 
cheers
chris

[WimB]

Hi Chris,

very nice bog.If you're still searching for S. purpurea var. venosa ssp. burkii, Best carnivorous plants sells them and they do mail-order, here's the link: http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.net/

Wim

[christian pfalz]

wim, thank you, fantastic link....
cheers
chris

[fredg]

A couple of mine I haven't published yet.

Sarracenia leucophylla "Tarnock" flower, I grow it for the pitchers not the flower.
Sarracenia leucophylla "Tarnock" pitcher.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis flower.

[christian pfalz]

fred, your s.rubra ssp. gulfensis looks very good, can you show us the pitchers ?
cheers
chris

[fredg]

I can't Chris, there are no new ones open yet.

[christian pfalz]

fred, ok...

[Lesley Cox]

A wonderful selection of plants Chris, all unknown to me. And I see you describe your situation as "hot and relatively dry."

[christian pfalz]

lesley, the plantfamily is so big, we must grow, what we like, and i like so much  too much 
cheers
chris

[Rogan]

Fantastic, natural-looking bog Chris. CP's are very interesting plants indeed and blend in well with other plants that grow in boggy conditions. I would cultivate a much bigger bog than my little tractor-tyre bog if sphagnum peat was readily available in this country - alas it is all imported from distant countries at great cost!   

[mark smyth]

Wow Chris! Prairie, bog .. what else

The hard winter ruined my half barrel water feature so maybe I should make it in to a mini bog