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The group of carnivorous plants that I feel are
the most beautiful are the Pitcher Plants which
are winter–hardy in almost
all parts of North Carolina.
Many new hybrid cultivars
have become available in
the last few years, mostly
grown from tissue culture.
Available in colors from
yellow to pink, from red
to green and even white,
pitcher plant varieties
range in height from the
Purple Pitcher at 4” tall to
the white-topped Tarnok
at 30” tall.
So let’s decide to
beautify that wet area
of the landscape rather
than try to drain it. Try
some carnivorous plants
and see how interesting
and attractive a bog can be while controlling
insects naturally. ☐ For more info, see ad. p.29.
Joe Granato is the owner of Star Ridge
Aquatics, LLC in Carthage, NC. Star Ridge
Aquatics, LLC is a grower of aquatic
plants including carnivorous plants. They
offer installation services for both water
gardens and bog gardens. Contact them
by phone at 910-947-5333 or by email at
starridgeaquatics@embarqmail.com.
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A bog is an area that stays WET most of the
year. This area is not conducive for growing most
of our available garden plants. Don’t let that stop
you; there are many very cool and beautiful bog
plants available.
Did you know that Venus Fly Traps are a bog
plant? And did you know that they are native to
North Carolina? A bonus is they are a member
of a group of plants called Carnivorous plants.
These plants grow in areas where many other
plants cannot. Growing in places where the
soil is very poor and devoid of nutrients, these
plants have adapted to gather their food in a
very different way. THEY EAT BUGS! Lots of
them. The Venus Fly Trap has a hinged leaf that
snaps shut whenever an insect walks across it.
Once the leaf is shut, enzymes slowly digest
the soft parts of the prey and absorb them as a
fertilizer source.
We also have another insect-eating plant
native to North Carolina called a Sundew. These
beautiful little plants have flat leaves covered in
tiny droplets of very sticky nectar. As the insect
lands on the droplets, it is trapped in the sticky
nectar. Once the insect is trapped, the flat leaf
slowly wraps around the prey and enzymes
digest it.
So let’s
decide to
beautify
that wet
area
of the
landscape
rather
than try
to drain it.
Pitcher Plant,
a winter–hardy
carnivorous plant.
p.6 The Pinehurst Gazette, Inc. No. 133
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