I first got into carnivorous plants in middle school when my family built a house on some land in south Georgia during the fall of 2004. I recognized pitcher plants (S. minor) growing in the ditch after seeing S. flava during a field trip to a local Carolina bay. I tried to take care of the plant while we cleared the lot, but was bulldozed when I left for a ski trip that winter. Not long after, though, I found pitcher plants on the lot beside ours and a colony across the road. The one on the plot next to ours is still partly intact (more on that later), but in 2005, the colony across the road was threatened by development. I talked to the owner, who wasn't too interested in the plants, but at least he let me dig them up before clearing the land. There was still a wet area on my property where D. capillaris, D. brevifolia, P. caerulea, U. subulata, and U. gibba lived, so I transplanted the minors here where they remain today.
I enjoy managing this small bog, but after a summer growing season, it is difficult to navigate through the tall grasses to see the plants; a real shame since autumn is one of my favorite times to see the bog because of all the wildflowers. To remedy this, I recently built a boardwalk into the bog. Here are a few pics from this week to enjoy!
I did plant D. tracyii, S. leucophylla, and S flava into the bog, but I cut the flowers off to keep them from breeding with the minors. All my other nonnative carnivores are grown in another bog garden elsewhere. This sundew is particularly stunning in the morning next to swamp sunflower blooms.
A view from the boardwalk towards the rest of the neighborhood:
Can you spot the S. minor clumps?
U gibba in the ditch:
Still, I can't wait 'till spring. Here's what it looked like last spring:
I enjoy managing this small bog, but after a summer growing season, it is difficult to navigate through the tall grasses to see the plants; a real shame since autumn is one of my favorite times to see the bog because of all the wildflowers. To remedy this, I recently built a boardwalk into the bog. Here are a few pics from this week to enjoy!
I did plant D. tracyii, S. leucophylla, and S flava into the bog, but I cut the flowers off to keep them from breeding with the minors. All my other nonnative carnivores are grown in another bog garden elsewhere. This sundew is particularly stunning in the morning next to swamp sunflower blooms.
A view from the boardwalk towards the rest of the neighborhood:
Can you spot the S. minor clumps?
U gibba in the ditch:
Still, I can't wait 'till spring. Here's what it looked like last spring:
