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An Open Welcome Home

Posted on February 26, 2011 | 2 comments

Howdy! I’m back.

Last week in Seattle was simply awesome! I loved getting away and going to my home away from home. I miss it up there…

And yeah, I’m working on putting the photos together for ya and it will be a future post… (hope to get it up sooner or later!)

Anyway, the plants seemed happy to see me back … here’s a few shots of the pitchers. When I left they were pretty much closed off but have opened during the week while I was out. Oh, what a nice welcome back home…

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Sarracenia Nadine
[Sarracenia “Nadine”]

Sarracenia "Halo of Fire"
[Sarracenia “Halo of Fire”]

Sarracenia AF purpurea hybrid
[Sarracenia purpurea hybrid, anthocyanin free]

Sarracenia umlauftiana
[Sarracenia umlauftaiana – open when I left, but the coloration got richer whilst I was away!]

Sarracenia 'Leah Wilkerson' x 'Adrian Slack'
[Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’ x ‘Adrian Slack’ – crackin’ a smile! Oh and even better, the coloration will get more intense as the season progresses…]

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First Flower

Posted on February 20, 2011 | Leave a comment

Before I left for my vacation, I managed to snap a few photos, and this is one thing that’s waiting for me when I get back to the Bay Area. Yesterday (the day I left) this flower finally opened up. I probably won’t be using it as a pod parent, but I hope to harvest some pollen when I get back. Here’s the first flower of the season for me. Ah… let the crossings begin.

[S. (flava v. ornata x flava v. rugelii) x mitchelliana]

On a side note — I would be sharing more photos with you from here, but… uh… turns out I forgot my cable to connect my camera to the laptop, so I’ll share photos with you when I get back. I really do love it up here in the Emerald City… I know it rains quite a bit, but – that just means less for me to water when/if I ever do move up here. 🙂

Oh… Hail NO!

Posted on February 20, 2011 | 2 comments

Sup y’all. Reporting to you live from the awesomeness of *Seattle!*
Just flew in and after a freekin’ wild and crazy day… but I’m finally here. Tired, exhausted, but here.

Anyway, just wanted to share really quick a shot of some hail damage from that freak hailstorm that happened not too long ago. This is how I’m feeling right now after a series of unfortunate events from earlier today (long story…) BUT… but… it’s fine. The pitcher, although tattered and torn below, may look like sh*t, but it will grow some new pitchers and will be fine. Sarracenia are tough plants and can take the fire and ice.

It’s been quite a long day for me, so I’ll sign off for now and update y’all in a bit.

Late.

Hail Damage
[Oh, hail NO!]

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Oh HAIL Yeah!

Posted on February 17, 2011 | 6 comments

Ah, just a quick post before I go to bed tonight; something interesting enough I thought would be worth sharing. We just had a heavy hail storm here, at least, by our standards (after all, it’s the Bay Area, Cali … even frost for me is rare…)

We’ve had some rain lately, but I knew this was something else when the whole house was literally vibrating due to the impact of the hail. I looked out and saw my deck covered in white. So what did I do? I threw on my ski pants and jacket, ran outside, and frolicked in the streets a bit. I even did my own HAIL ANGEL. Yeah, the neighbors thought I was nuts, but how many of them can actually say they did a hail angel in front of their house?

[My Hail Angel. Hail-a cool, hu?]

And of course, after playing in the ice a bit, I had to check on the plants…. and here they are, a bit icy looking.

Eh, they’ll be fine.

[Sarracenia snow cones!]

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Sarracenia Sexiness

Posted on February 14, 2011 | 5 comments

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! Oh, you feelin’ the LOVE?!

With all this recent springlike weather, the Sarracenia are aroused and starting to show off their sexiness! Dude, full blooms right around the corner and that’s when the Sarraceniagasms begin. Rawr!

[Sarracenia leucophylla]

[Sarracenia flava]

Sarracenia purpurea black red
[Sarracenia purpurea black/red]

[Sarracenia courtii, anthocyanin free clone]

[Sarracenia (flava var. ornata x flava var. rugelii) x mitchelliana]

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Guns and the Fountain of Sarrs

Posted on February 13, 2011 | 6 comments

Ok, for this post I have to stray *just a little* bit off the Sarracenia/carnivore path. Just as an FYI — I grow lots and lots of other *legal* things too here in my yard. Seriously. I’m a plant NUT, I grow all sorts of stuff, but it’s the carnivores and Sarracenia that I am overly obsessed with. Anyway, with all of this plant madness going on, I’ve recently been on the warpath of downsizing and simplifying some other things to make room for … EVEN MORE SARRACENIA!

One of my favorite plants, Gunnera, was running amok in my yard. So last week… I dug them all up. Freekin’ all day project that was. For those of you who don’t know, Gunnera is a monster. Awesome huge plant. Awesome. Huge. Behemoth things. I had G. tinctoria in abundance here in my yard, BUT being that my yard is not big enough, and that I am not able to meet their water demands, I had to give most of the Guns away. Luckily for me, fellow blogger homie Jenn at Dirty Girl Gardening was able to provide a home for them. Y’all can read more about it here. Also another plant ended up with fellow bloggers Meg and Matti at Far Out Flora earlier this year. I kept a couple small divisions back; however I know that these plants multiply very quickly and I feel as if I’m going to end up giving many away again soon!

[A couple G’s lookin’ like dead bodies… strapped down and ready to roll.]

[Trunk full of Gunnera rhizomes]

[The Guns arriving at their new home]

…And over at the G’s new home, what’s really cool is Jenn’s *Fount o’ Sarrs!* I think this is a pretty slick place to grow Sarrs. Mos’ def. It’s still winter and the plants are still somewhat dormant, but you can see that one S. leucophylla or leucophylla hybrid on the lower right sending up some new growth.

[The Fountain of Sarracenia]