Cold hardy species of Pitchers

Jonathan

Jonathan

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What are the most COLD hardy species of S.rubra and of the other Sarracenia Trumpets?

Thanks!
 
Lloyd Gordon said:
Not quite sure what you refer to as Sarracenia trumpets but I found that ordinary flavas were hardier than more sensitive Sarr's.
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Well there's Purpurea which are low laying which aren't Trumpets and then there are the long tubed ones which are Trumpets. Like Sarracenia oreophelia aren't flava but are still Trumpets :)
 
Depends really on how cold you want to go, the most reliable cold hardy pitchers I have out in the open in the UK are flava, oreophila, plus their hybrids, anything with purpurea in it as a hybrid, and leucophylla and its hybrids. Rubra has always expired on me, when grown outside for longerf than a couple of years, although I do have some hybrids that do OK.

Cheers
Steve.
 
steve booth said:
Depends really on how cold you want to go, the most reliable cold hardy pitchers I have out in the open in the UK are flava, oreophila, plus their hybrids, anything with purpurea in it as a hybrid, and leucophylla and its hybrids. Rubra has always expired on me, when grown outside for longerf than a couple of years, although I do have some hybrids that do OK.

Cheers
Steve.
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May I ask what flava species you have and how cold does your climate get?
 
I have all species, rubricorpora, atropurpurea, rugelii, cuprea, ornata and hetrophylla along with a fair variety of hybrids growing outside. We are considered as zone 8B I think, but winter lows have been down to -18C for a day or two, when the beast from the East hit, but generally it is warmer than that with only a few periods of a week or two with temperatures consistantly below freezing.

Cheers
Steve
 
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