Sarracenia Starry Night Thailand grassy slopes

grassy slopes

you can't help but notice the clusters of black-purple flowers with a wrinkled white throat poking out from between the foliage

Thanks to the late Florida plantsman Angus Gholson for sharing a start of these with us

Rohdea japonica 'Shiro Botan' is great in the small woodland rock garden or in a special container where climate doesn't allow them to remain outdoors

still unnamed species

Sarracenia Starry Night Thailand grassy slopesSarracenia 'Starry Night' is a rarely offered pitcher plant hybrid from the late Larry Mellichamp, resulting from a cross of Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia minor. The 2' tall green pitchers are adorned with large white skylights along the neck and the hood. The pitchers are a bit red in the face and neck, and fluids accumulate in the throat, but we've had it tested for COVID and the test came back negative. Larry said that Sarracenia 'Starry