Sarracenia chelsoni Chocolate Garden The flower spikes

The flower spikes

the pleated green leaves lay flat to form a nice background for the spikes of white lipped flowers backed with chartreuse green petals

especially after cold winters

but it is also required by the larvae of monarch butterflies

Sarracenia chelsoni Chocolate Garden The flower spikesWe are pleased to offer this rare, naturally occurring hybrid of Sarracenia purpurea x rubra, thanks to plantsman Frank Galloway, who grew these from seed of plants in Brunswick County, NC. The red upright hooded pitchers, resemble a giant red Sarracenia rubra. These vigorous growers have the same growing requirements very moist soil and bright sun as the rest of the pitcher plants.