Sarracenia x Barba Green
Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: Recommended
Parental Native Range: Wet Pocosins of coastal Southeastern United States
Zones: 6-8 (5-9)
Sarracenia x Barba Green is a vigorous, compact and clumpy grower. It is a S. x chelsonii cross (S. rubra x purpurea). It is of moderate height and prefers open, sunny, boggy conditions. The dark red flowers are fragrant, and bloom in early Spring providing curious interest to the bog garden or terrarium. This color form is a naturally occurring hybrid.
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 cultivar, not the plant shipped.
Height: 6" - 8"
Plant Type: Perennial, cold temperate to temperate to warm temperate.
Soil: Upper Bog Mix or General CP Mix
Light: Bright indoors, full sun to partial sun outdoors
Use: Grows well in terraria, the bog garden, greenhouse and indoors
