Bog Garden Tour | Sarracenia, Venus Flytraps, and More Carnivorous Plants!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2021
- Hey everyone,
The outdoor bog gardens are awake and there is so much beauty to share with you all! The Sarracenia or North American pitcher plants are the highlight in this video, where I show you around and talk about how I care for them. Sarracenia are herbaceous perennials in zones 3-8, possibly 9. Their native range spans from Canada to the Florida panhandle. S. purpurea being the most cold hardy to zones 3-5. While most other species would be suited for zones 5-8. We are in zone 7(b) and the are thriving! They grow naturally in wet habitats, so I keep the wet or moist at all times. Sarracenia never want to be dry. They can be grown in larger containers without holes to keep water in, or pots constantly sitting in a couple inches of water. You can see the wooden square frames I made and added pond liner to create the bog effect. The medium is roughly 80% peat with the addition of 10-20% sand. Perlite looks unsightly! The rain keeps these watered for most of the year. In the summer months, I use RO to keep them wet. I usually have to water 2 or more times per week when the temps are above 80 and full sun. Sarracenia LOVE full sun. The pine needles help keep the roots cool in summer, keep out weeds and insulate the rhizome crowns in winter. Possibly adding a boost of acidity to the soil? Although some growers do well indoors, these perennials are made for outside bog conditions. If you only have indoor space, then try Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa. It's a more southern form of the species and use to mild winters. It stays short , which makes it great for limited space. 6+ hours of strong light per day will keep it happy, usually in the form of a grow light. One thing to keep in mind if growing outdoors in a bog or container setting, is wind protection. Strong winds can easily break fresh spring pitchers.
If you love natives or just weird plants, with minimal effort you can easily grow striking Sarracenia. A bog garden is easy to make and I''ll have to do a vid on creating one. Every year they will get larger and the spring flowers are a joy!
Well, I hope ya'll enjoy the vid and let me know what you think!
Thanks,
Dom
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So glad this channel came on the recommended channels. You all are just down the road from us, so once we are ready to start a carnivorous garden we know who we will be going to.
Who else is in love with the lids of the sarracenias?
The lids are a great! I love photographing them:)
The flavas are my favorite
@@charleskendall6401 yes, especially the giant one!
The sarracenia all look really elegant and beautiful!
They add a nice vibe to the garden:) thanks!
Doing amazing work Dom! Love this channel and your gorgeous plants
Thank you so much! 💚💚💚
Although there isn't anything you ever did that I don't like ,this happens to be a fave of mine and of course I'm in zone 10 .
I wish I could do these.
love it ,love you !!!!!!Oh
and thank you👍🏻🌹🙌🏻
beautiful plants love them love you thx for vids
So Beautiful and privileged to live near you guys....got a new list of wants based on your bog video!!! keep it up!!!,...Dwight
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Lovely gardens. Wish l could get some seeds. Wow you're doing a great job. These videos give me a thrill. Cant stop watching.
Nice tour Domonick!!!! 😜
Thank you!
I love these plants
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Your collection looks amazing Dom!
Thank you 🥰
Realy amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Great vid!
Thank you!
Awwwww. No Psittacina love? :( Lol JK. The parrots are probably my fav Sarracenia. I think people overlook them because they tend to look a little plain, but in the wild, I've come across all kinds of different ways they can grow. Prostrate, straight up, or with bright red and bulbous traps to very windowy green and red crested traps. And it's a hoot to see them submerged, too!
I love all your bog gardens and crazy trumpets. I grow my indigenous species outdoors as well, alata and psittacina. I have had success over the past year with an indoor bog garden in a grow tent I keep in the house. But dude, after seeing all of YOUR crazy hybrids, I'm gonna have to venture out!
Haha I’ll have to cover psitt in the next tour. I do have some. Just buried down in the green! I love them and purps! Hybrids are a must, especially when one has all your favorite traits! Thanks!
Learned so much!
Yay!🥰
Nice video and editing! Greenhouse tour next maybe? Take care Dominic
Thanks Andrew! Almost there;)
Your bog looks so good! And can you do a video on sundews
Oh my gosh.
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Your bog are beautiful. You should do a show on how you made them.
Thank you! We plan to do a building vid!
amazing! i can’t wait to make a big garden next season
They bring a lot of joy!
Oh these plants rock, I adore your tour vids 🤩 The hats on the Reptilian Rose are so fancy~ I’m also in zone 7 (NJ) and just set up some planters with sarrs and venus’s this spring, do you do anything other than the pine needles to protect your barrel planters? Additional is probably not needed if they can survive zone 9 but I’m Nervous 😅
Absolutely love this, I have a few sarracenia and traps and dews but now I want a lot more and want to build a bog garden in my backyard. I'm in Zone 8 in Texas by Dallas and our weather is ridiculously random at times but I pray they thrive outside over here. So, pond liner, peat and sand, good moisture and rain water and/or distilled or r/o. ...but how do I get my hose to spray out some r/o? Dom, I need your guidance.
From what I’ve seen, growers can grow them outdoors there:) as long as they stay wet and your provide rain or reverse osmosis water, they should be happy! You can fill a bucket with RO water and use a pump to get it to the plants. Hope that helps!
I noticed the Horsetail rush grass! I bought a medium pot of that today and i was thinking of combining sarracenias and VFT and sundews with the horsetail in the future. Great setup. What material are the boys made out of? Cider block and wood?
Yes! Love horsetail. It can get huge and spread a lot so I’ll keep a close eye on it. A good plant for the back Of the display. The beds are cinder bricks and lined with old Farm wood:)
BEAUTIFUL Garden Of Carnivorous Plants BUT Where Are The TRIFFIDS? Ha!!!
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Do a video on Berkei please
Don you got peat and perlite in your bog beds and at the end you said people wanting to make their own to use peat and sand which is best and at what ratio i love to hear your thoughts many thanks. ❤
Wow I’m surprised how many plants you have, as I was watching I was thinking how are you manage to store so many distilled/rain water to keep them all moist?
Do you include any sort of drainage holes to prevent flooding during the rainy months?
The large beds don’t have drainage holes. The water rarely gets to a point where it’s just like a pool. The smaller container and barrels have holes tho. They like a little flooding here and there :)
So, I tried to stick my sarracenia outside this winter so that it would go dormant. It didn't. Now it's starting to bloom. Granted it only got below freezing for maybe 15 days this winter, but I still have 4 very large and healthy looking pitchers. Should I cut them off? Let the new growth do all the heavy lifting? What should I do with the flower?
How often do you change the peat and sand in your outdoor bogs? Also, how do you water?
Hey Jerry,
Being these are only a couple years old I don’t plan on changing the peat anytime soon. I’ve grown purpurea in plastic lined beds for over 5 years without changing the medium. As long as they are staying moist they should be fine for years. I would say the potted plants and smaller containers would benefit from dividing the plants and repotting them roughly every 3 years or when they look like they are too clumpy. The big beds I don’t plan on changing the peat. Maybe add more on top if it sinks down. I’ll update as the years go on tho:) As far as water, maybe 2-3 times per week in the dead of summer. It depends. Most of the year they are good with the rain.
Thanks,
Dom
how do you keep fungal gnats and pot worms from growing in the bog beds? I have potted plants that are marginal plants and i keep them damp to wet, and I'm always killing tons of them. I'd use diatomaceous earth or an insecticide but i use my plants for terrariums.
Hey Dom what percentage aluminet are you using on the highland greenhouse and can you show your cooling setup fan setup and misting setup and mabey show us a watering video
Hey Austin,
It’s 70%. Aluminet. I can do a vid on the greenhouse mechanics. :)
Thanks,
Dom
@@redleafexotics4722 you are an inspiration man can wait for the mechanics im just now starting to expand my 12x12 greenhouse
Would it be a good idea to create a bog in my yard year round out in the elements?
What water do u use in the summer months?
Would they do well in zone 5b outdoor?
I live in NW Arizona zone 9b .. I might winter mine outside but it gets 95 -110 or more July thru September. That is too hot for them in the summer here isn't it?
Do you water all those bogs with distilled or tap water
A little late but how do you build those bogs?
Where can I get "Red Monster" VFT !!??!?!?
What is a good way to protect sarracenia from strong winds?
A small greenhouse or cold frame works. For larger beds native grasses and perennials helps hold them up. The metal circular wire supports found at most garden centers work well too. For this reason, I want to grow some in a small
Greenhouse for absolute perfect specimens. I still loose pitchers to the wind. Thanks!
Do you have mostly nepenthes and is your nursery big cause I might be thinking of traveling 8 hours to go here in October:)
Hi Cassandra, our greenhouses are big and lots to look at. Not sure about bringing a cart and leaving with mounds of plants, as most are in limited supply and collectors plants. We have a nice selection and it’s worth the visuals alone! Thanks
Are your bog Planters made out of cinder block and do you use a liner inside them. And do you have overflow hole
Hey again, I describe them in the vid. Cinder bricks with pond liner. I just cut a couple slits about 2 inches from The top on some of the beds. It can get hot in the summer, the more water these beds can collect the better!
Thanks
Do you think you're ever going to do a tour of the plants in your greenhouses that aren't carnivorous like your staghorn ferns? I have a couple and I'd love to know your tips on fertilizing and watering them.
Hey Simon,
I’ve done a few vids on non carnivorous plants, haven’t touched on the platyceriums. I’ll take note of this:)
Thanks!
Dom
Why don’t you put the Cephalotus out there? Regards from Spain!
Our winters are a liiiiitle too cold! Ha Hi from Tennesee!💚
@@redleafexotics4722 yes! But what if you put them in winter in the greenhouses?
I ask you because my winter is unfortunately also too cold . So I’ve tried to do that.
@@guillettoaparicio13 I think our summers are a little too warm for them. I should experiment :)
whats the percentage of your aluminet shade cloth on the highland greenhouse?
at the end of the video is the highland greenhouse on the left or right side
The highland greenhouse is on the right side
Its 70% good enough lighting or do you run leds with shade cloth
Ellie Wang is sick