{"id":5601,"date":"2013-10-19T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5601"},"modified":"2013-10-19T01:37:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T08:37:14","slug":"easy-carnivorous-pitcher-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/easy-carnivorous-pitcher-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Carnivorous Pitcher Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Eat up your flies’ a mother would tell her baby pitcher plants.<\/p>\n

\"Sarracenia<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarracenia or Pitcher Plants are ideal for an unheated greenhouse, cool windowsills or a conservatory if grown in sphagnum moss with a little sand and peat. They are some of the easiest carnivorous plants<\/strong> to grow.
\nThese carnivorous plants attract insects with nectar on the edge of the pitcher then the trap features a deep cavity filled with digestive juice. This provides Pitcher plants with sustenance from dissolved insects that are digested in a liquid known as a pitfall trap.<\/p>\n

North American Pitcher plants belong to the genus Sarracenia and form upright, tubular leaves. The species in the genus Sarracenia readily hybridise, making a wide range of cultivars available.<\/p>\n

Sarracenia species to grow:-<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Yellow Trumpet Sarracenia flava
\nHooded Pitcher Plant Sarracenia minor
\nSweet Trumpet Sarracenia rubra
\nPurple Pitcher Plant Sarracenia purpurea
\nPale Trumpet Sarracenia alata rubra below
\nAlabama Pitcher Sarracenia exornata above<\/p>\n

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Purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is the floral emblem of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Plants are also known as Trumpet Pitchers.<\/p>\n

\"Pitcher<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultivation Tips<\/h2>\n