Description

Sarracenia x Excellens

Pitcher Plant  (Sarracenia x Excellens) Care

• Use only pure water – rainwater, distilled water or RO water. Be careful of bottled water as some contain salt which will kill your Pitcher Plant
• Keep soil moist; usually a tray or dish with 1/2 to 1.0 inch of water
• Mist the pitcher every few days with pure water
• Pitcher plants like a sunny or partial sunny location.
• Soil is a mixture of 40% peat, 30% Perlite and 30% fine sand.
• Do not fertilize your plant. Pitcher plants will receive sufficient nutrition from the bugs they catch
• It’s best to let your Pitcher plant go dormant from Thanksgiving to Valentines Day. Keep cool but freezing; keep moist but not too wet. A cold garage, cold window are good: 35 to 50 degrees.
• Repot your pitcher plant every 3 to 5 years during its dormancy

Pitcher plants are best in outdoor bogs or shallow trays of rain water but can survive in a sunny window but must have a rest period