Bog gardening

[christian pfalz]

rogan, can you show us some photos ?
mark, to much to show....
cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

hello, a pic from my first bog...twenty or more years old...

cheers
chris

[Rogan]

Really, really good Chris, and 20 years old!   

I have attached two pictures of my bog from several years ago which appeared in a different thread.

[christian pfalz]

rogan, fantastic work, in an old wheel, nice....
i like your s. purpurea var.venosa ssp. burkii, this is a sarracena i´m searching for...
cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

hi, here an saracena in bloom....

cheers
chris

[Lesley Cox]

What is the Pinguicula species Rogan? Is it hardy?

[Rogan]

"i like your s. purpurea var.venosa ssp. burkii, this is a sarracena i´m searching for..."

Is that its name, Chris? I grew it from seed (Chiltern Seeds, UK) many years ago and it has never done very well for me. I still have one plant, and if it should ever flower...


"What is the Pinguicula species Rogan? Is it hardy?"

Pinguicula primuliflora. I can't answer your hardiness question Lesley, as our temperatures never drop lower than -1 or -2'C in winter, however it does come from bogs in the south-eastern USA so should be fairly hardy don't you think? This species propagates from its leaf tips and eventually forms a dense mat with dozens of blooms - a cool little plant in general.

[christian pfalz]

hi rogan, that´s the name of the pink flowered sarracena....
cheers
chris

[Lesley Cox]

This species propagates from its leaf tips and eventually forms a dense mat with dozens of blooms - a cool little plant in general.

Oh, and there was I going to beg for seed.

[gote]

Hey Guys,
Your bog gardens look really good. Could you give some advice on how to make them.
Specific question I could think of just now are:
How much sun is needed?
How do I keep weeds out. My own plantings at high water level places immediately are occupied by very obnoxious grasses and some other unwantred stuff.
Only Lysischiton seems trouble free in that respect.
Cheers
Göte

[christian pfalz]

göte, full sun is best, i put grasses down through the year, that´s work, but it´s the best
cheers
chris

[fredg]

"i like your s. purpurea var.venosa ssp. burkii, this is a sarracena i´m searching for..."

Is that its name, Chris? I grew it from seed (Chiltern Seeds, UK) many years ago and it has never done very well for me. I still have one plant, and if it should ever flower...

Rogan, if you're refering to the all green pitchered Sarracenia then it's grand title is :-
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
The flowers would be yellow as it is anthocyanin free.
If it is indeed this then the seed would have originated from my plants.

[christian pfalz]

hi, pogonia and sarracena...

pogonia and woodwardia

cheers
chris

[fredg]

You're early with those Pogonia ophioglossoides |Chris
Mine are barely beginning to show bud and they're inside.

[christian pfalz]

fred, this and the last week, we had very hot weather, and some heavy rain...today +30° c and actually rain, storm and thunder...not so good.... >:(tomorrow sunny and hot weather again....
cheers
chris