Sarracenia x formosa

$18.95

Sarracenia x formosa

Ease to Grow: Easy.
Dormancy: Recommended.
Native Range: Wet Pocosins of the Gulf Coast of North America.
Zones: 5-8 (4-9).

Sarracenia x formosa  (S. minor x psittacina) is a fairly unusual natural hybrid. It forms a low rosette of pinky red, densely packed pitchers that curve upward at the rounded hoods. Small white areoles (windows) faintly occur on the hood and along the thick and waxy pitcher tube. It is striking in full sun when the traps develop their darkest colors. In the Winter it frequently turns a gorgeous deep reddish purple color. It is a slightly fragrant, early Spring bloomer with scarlet red blossoms that flower well before the new traps develop. Flower stalks and sepals last through the year, resembling rufous daffodils. It is a rare native from northern Florida and southern Alabama, and is hardy to zone 4. It is well-suited for terrariums.

Plants are shipped bare-root, wrapped in damp sphagnum moss. In it's dormant season, it will be shipped as a dormant rhizome with trimmed off pitchers. Photographs are representative of the hybrid, and not the specific plant shipped.

Height: 4" - 6".
Plant Type: Perennial, temperate.
Soil: Upper Bog Mix or General CP Mix.
Light: Bright to partial bright indoors, full sun to partial sun outdoors.
Use: Grows well in the bog garden, greenhouse and indoors. It is an excellent accent terrarium plant.

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Phylicia
Nice and healthy!

Ordered a medium S. Formosa, two other sarracenias and a bog violet for a mixed bog pot. Arrived strong and healthy, with zero signs of stress or damage even after repotting. About three weeks has passed since then and most of its original pitchers are starting to die back (please ignore the fact that I haven't prune them yet, haha..), but I got a close look at the rhizome and there's so many tiny pitchers beginning to form in place of them that I don't mind it one bit. Excited to see it grow larger and begin to fill out the pot :).
Plants were ordered on August 3rd, shipped on August 6th, arrived on August 11th, and this is how they look now as of August 31st. Disclaimer that the specks on one of the pitchers in the first image is peat moss, not anything fungal.

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sherryl gunderson
Healthy, dormant

Arrived in excellent shape wrapped in damp sphagnum moss and paper towel. Potted him up and am anxiously waiting to see this one grow!

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Sarah Foster
Nice

I ordered a medium. Came in at a nice size it even has a flower stem working its way up!

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