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Post by jysport on Jan 12, 2011 5:04:42 GMT
I am planning on moving my hobby outdoors to a bog garden that I am in the process of making. I was just curious to what will grow outside. I have tons of pine trees for mulch in the winter. I just do not want to kill anything. I want to grow VFT and Pitchers mostly. I live in Connecticut, near the coast.
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Post by Joseph Clemens on Jan 12, 2011 16:24:26 GMT
Dionaea muscipula can tolerate temperatures in the 20'sF, yet they do much better if they are kept no colder than 32F. I believe they would be difficult to maintain in temperatures as cold as those in your climate. Easier to just refrigerate them for their winter rest. The only pitcher plant I could think to recommend for your climate would be Sarracenia purpurea, which, I believe, is native to your vicinity.
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Post by jdallas on Jan 12, 2011 17:41:07 GMT
Jysport, Here's a link to a grower in Canada. He uses a technique we recommend, and we have customers in upstate New York and Michigan with in-ground bog gardens that grow most of the Sarracenia varieties, flytraps, hardy sundews and butterworts. You're probably warmer in coastal Connecticut than he is in Canada. www.carnivorousplants.org/howto/GrowingEnvirons/BogOntarioCanada.phpJeff |
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Post by purpman on Jan 13, 2011 0:31:41 GMT
This page on the ICPS website is about my bogs. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Carl
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Post by mrobey on Feb 3, 2011 22:32:11 GMT
Hey Purpman: I live in CT and have been growing outdoors for 15+ years: VFTs, all sarr (even southern species, temperate sundews. Butterworts and cape sundews tend to rot during the winter. Here are some pics: s804.photobucket.com/albums/yy321/mrobey/MattBog/Cold is not the culprit, as long as you mulch them with 12 inches of pine needles from late Nov to later March/early April. The real culprit is rodents: chipmunks, mice and voles love to eat the rhizomes during the winter if they can get to them. That's why I cover them with metal mesh screening during domancy. Good luck!! Matt in Redding |
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Post by purpman on Feb 6, 2011 2:27:19 GMT
Thanks for the photos. Love the "cage" around your growing area. I assume it's to keep the "tree rats" and other critters out. I must say I'm very lucky that I've had no problems with mice or the like.... Knock on wood!
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Post by southbound on Mar 16, 2011 7:55:56 GMT
I do know that Sarracenia Purpurea sp Purpurea is hardy to at least 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, so it should do excellent in Connecticut. The butterwort "Pinguicula Macroceras" and the sundew "Drosera Rotundifolia" will also make very excellent hardy additions to your outdoor bog. By the way, Drosera Rotundifolia also grows in mainly the same territory as Sarracenia Purpurea sp Purpurea.
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