Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:36:20 -0500 From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg109$foo@default> Subject: Re: Cold/Hot hardiness?
Hi Rich,
> I recall Dave Evans did quite well with
> S. leuco in New Jersey however.
Yeah, _Sarracenia leucophylla_ will grow fine, at least as far north as
New Jersey. I feel that it's growing season is cut short by the cold. And
that's not really the best thing for the grower, since I only get to see the
fall flush of pitchers grow for a couple weeks until the frosts come. The
fully formed pitchers stay around through December and on warmer days they
continue to catch insects while at night they freeze. I think you could
grow this species even further north without much ado.
I don't mulch, but I do have to keep on pushing the rhizomes and
hibernaculum of smaller plants back down into the soil because of frost
heaving.
Dave Evans
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