Pe> Here is yet another question from a complete amateur. I have read
Pe> conflicting information about wintering S. purpurea. Some sources
Pe> state that the plant requires very cool conditions and recommend
Pe> cutting off the pitchers and placing the plant in cool storage.
My S. purp. purpurea are grown outside here in Toronto, Canada. They are
in a small artifical bog (actually a slowly draining plastic liner) and
are not covered by any mulch etc. They have survived very cold (-25c) well
with all of the pitchers frozen into brown papery leaves. They always
come back fine and grow normally by late May. I cut the dead leaves off
before new growth begins in late April to clean them up with no ill effects.
Cutting off the leaves before new growth doesn't seem to affect my plants.
Harold
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