bogs

Hi: I received a nice box of plants today. I was sitting on my front porch steps slowly potting them up. There were 7-8 of those pygmy sundews and I had to use my magnifying glass to even see them clearly. Three neighbor boys that had wanted to do a garden club with me came up. I found out why...

Wishes do come true sometimes. :) Up for auction is this nice specimen of Juncus effusus 'Spiralis': Lesser Corkscrew Rush. This is a plant perfect for bogs and water gardens but can be grown indoors too. Nice companion plant for the CP grower. Add an interesting accent to your garden! Have to...

Today while watering my patio bogs I was inspired to post on an unusual S. Purpurea of mine that only produces pitchers on one-side. I've had the plant in question for three years, and it has been this way the whole time. As you can see from the photo below, it looks healthy and continues to...

I'm sorry if this question has been asked before, but I've looked through about 20 pages of the forum and haven't found an answer yet. It is spring and my pitcher plan container bogs are coming out of dormancy quite nicely, with one disturbing exception - my s. leucophylla. For some reason...

hi, i'm brand-spanking-new, to these forums and to the world of Carnivorous Plant Obsession. i love plants in general -- the living room is FULL of them due to a large south-facing window, and all other windows that have light/room have something hanging/sitting nearby. i also grew up on an...

I'm going to be putting sarrs and vft into a new (and my first) bog this weekend. I live in Greenville, SC and for those of you on my side of the country see the big storm heading our way. I have forecasts for winds of 10-25 mph and gusts up to 40. Is this type of weather that a newly...

Hey, spring has sprung in the bog garden! I have this fountain-thing with a couple small bogs on either side. Here's the overall (sorry took the pics at dusk so lighting isn't the best): And here's one of the two bogs, which is really coming to life! This is my first year with this...

Hey there everyone. Peter DAmato has been invited to speak at ABG on or around Sept 20th And I invited myself along. We'll probably go our separate ways afterwards. I want to end up in Ocean Springs, Miss, since, my first house (want to see if it is still standing after Katrina and Rita) was...

I am looking to add some pings to my bogs, mainly P. Primuliflora, P. Lutea, or P. Planifolia. I would like several and have VFTs and Sarrs to trade. PM me if interested and I will send a list of what I have available. Thanks!

im thinking about growing vfts, cape sundews and roundleaf sundews. i am aware that the roundleafs can be found in bogs throughout my province, so i think it would be best to grow them outside. and i think the capes and vfts should be grown indoors. since many of you have more experience than i...

:-( Okay I am a CP killer. I have caused the deaths of many CPs for not taking care of them. Awhile ago i bought 3 minibogs that had pitcherplants and sundews. All of the sundews of died and only two of the bogs (I am unsure but I doubt it) still have their pitcher plants. Because I stopped...

I am planning on making a classic terrerium for subtropical and tropical sundews using 50/50 sand and peat. I found an ancient bag of play sand in my garage and "terreriums" was one of its listed applications. Normally I get river sand for my outdoor bogs. Does play sand have anything in it that...

Hey, I've had my backyard professionally relandscaped. We remodeled the house recently, and the yard was completely ruined. The "house" is really a two-unit Victorian my brother and I own in San Francisco. Our "yard" is really the space between the house, and the garages that face the alley out...

After many years on my "To do" list, I finally visited a S. purpurea purpurea site in PA that I last visited ~30 years ago (yikes - it's been a while!!). When I 1st visited this location, it was a floating sphagnum bog undergoing a successional process. Trees rimmed the bog and after a...

Does anyone know of any bogs near Milwaukee, WI? I would like to go check some out and see them in the real world.

Just joined the forum. Used to grow cp's as a kid, but my parents house was in the shade - so no luck growing them. Have my own place now with plenty of sun. I have a few mini bogs going, shallow bowls, with a variety of North American pitchers - some purple pitchers, flava, rubra, Judith...