Sarracenia Species, Hooded Pitcher Plant

This is the most southern species of Sarracenia, in the wild found from southeastern North Carolina south almost to Lake Okeechobee, Flor...Read Moreida, and west to the Apalachicola River, Florida. It is the only native species of Sarracenia in Florida south of Gainesville. It does not require as constantly boggy or seepy conditions as most other Sarracenia, growing in some areas that have firm, only slightly mucky sandy soils that are fairly dry in winter. I have not grown it in garden conditions, but suspect it might be easier than some other Sarracenia species.

Sarracenia minor is a great little plant. I have one plant I rescued two years ago from a construction site (after getting the appropria...Read Morete state permits permissions) and put in my bog garden. In Central Florida I have mainly seen it growing in hydric (wet) pine flatwoods that experience seasonal inundation (flooding). It tends to grow in a clump of wiregrass there, which apparently protects it from some of the scalding rays of the sun. This plant likes its feet to stay moist. The flowers are quite unusual, sort of a chartreuse color and appear in late winter to early spring (~Feb.) in my area. The plants are carnivorous and may help to control some of the mosquito population. This plant does not grow or spread rapidly and is not "invasive" in the least. Please note that you should not dig it from the wild since it is protected.