Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 11:15:18 +0000 From: Rand Nicholson <writserv@nbnet.nb.ca> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1515$foo@default> Subject: Re: Hardy upright Sarracenia hybrids
Someone Wrote:
>>
>>I was wondering if somebody ever tried to make a very hardy Sarracenia with
>>upright pitchers, which would be suitable for outside cultivation in
>>W-Europe.
Carl Wrote:
>The question of Sarracenia hardiness has proven over the years to no longer
>be questionable! Sarracenia are very hardy, all the species. A gent in
>central michigan USDA Zone 5, grows sarrs outside year round. No problem.
>I'd assume western europe is quite warm in comparison. The only catch is
>that the plants have be grown in an outdoor bog garden. In extremely cold
>places with little snow cover it is advisable to cover the plants with
>mulch. Freeze drying of plants is fatal, freezing is not!!!!
>
>Best Regards,
>Carl J. Mazur
>Cherryhill Carnivorous Plants
>Ontario Canada
>http://www.vaxxine.com/ccphome
I will "Amen!" that.
If you are growing your Sarrs in pots or in containers and wish to leave
them outdoors for their dormancy period over winter: Plunge (don't
transplant unless you have a bog) them in a _sheltered_ (wind free or
mulched, very important) location that, in the best of all worlds, receives
some sun.
Wind dessication in winter/dormancy is a sure way to lose your potted
plants. I have come to believe that "dormant" Sarrs benefit from sunlight
during said dormancy. They seem to come through it healthier and more ready
to go and bloom in the spring than others that are deprived of light in
storage.
Just a personal observation, of my own plants.
Kind Regards,
Rand
Rand Nicholson
New Brunswick
Maritime Canada, Z 5b
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