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04-01-2008, 02:47 PM
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| |  Sarracenia
How many Wildlife Gardeners would consider Sarracenia's a worthy plant for the garden?
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04-01-2008, 04:13 PM
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| | | Re: Sarracenia
Would have thought so! Guess you could even create the right habitat id you didn't have a peat bog to hand.....bog garden with acid soil. I tried sundews ages ago and venus fly traps (later indoors) without much success though. They're interesting... are you going to try some then? |
04-01-2008, 05:43 PM
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Tried these plants with advice from London Zoo regarding soil mix for my boys when they were younger
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04-01-2008, 09:14 PM
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| | | Re: Sarracenia
They are certainly fascinating plants +at least 2 species have naturalised in a few places- S. flava + S. purpurea.
When I was a youngster I had a Sarracenia in a pot on my parent's coal bunker + remember seeing wasps + even ladybirds disappear down the urns! Perhaps not what you want, but I wouldn't have thought they would impact on insect populations too much. |
05-01-2008, 07:08 AM
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Thanks for the advice all! I am still contemplating whether I should or not? But then as they say nothing ventured nothing gained.
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05-01-2008, 08:13 AM
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I'd give it a go!  Came across a website about carnivorous plants in general; really good. I'll go back and have a look for it after work. |
05-01-2008, 10:45 AM
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Here you go - nearly forgot (work leaves me brain dead!) Haven't had a really good look at it but looks interesting.. Barry's Web site | | |
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