Lady's Slipper - Pink Size:Triple-crown Age Range: 9 and up

Age Range: 9 and up

It has thick leaves and pitchers

and dab pollen on an insects

Mulch with 4+" of pine needles in the Fall

Lady's Slipper - Pink Size:Triple-crown Age Range: 9 and upEase to Grow: Moderate Dormancy: Yes Native Range: Woodlands of Eastern North America Zones: 3 8 (2 9) Pink Lady's Slipper Orchid, Cypripedium acaule, is one of the best known of all the hardy orchids. Pink Lady's Slipper plants have large (2 3") pink, moccasin shaped flowers resembling a swollen egg. The pouches are pink with raspberry colored veins, and an opening through which pollinating insects travel. There is no nectar, and insects have to find