Native Plants for Pitcher Plant Bogs
The following plants were chosen for their non-aggressive habit and ability to grow with other plants that require a high water table and tolerate low nutrient soils.
Lance Leaf Milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata
- Summer flowering
- Clusters of orange and red flowers
- Monarch host plant
- zones 7-9
$10.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
Red Milkweed
Asclepias rubra
$10.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
Southern Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium variety synchaetum
$8.00 - qt.
- Narrow leaved variety
- Native to wet savannas
- Attracts pollinators
- zones 7-9
Savanna Sunflower
Helianthus heterophyllus
$8.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013- Bright yellow flowers in late summer
- 2 to 3 ft. tall
- Attracts pollinators
- zones 7-9
Yellow Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia flava
- Unusual flowers in spring
- Captures and digests insects
- Striking yellow leaves
- zones 7-9
$12.00 - qt.
Spring Flowering Goldenrod
Solidago verna
$8.00 - qt.
- Well drained to wet soil
- Low clumps of evergreen foliage
- Rare in the wild
- zones 7-9
Carolina Bog Asphodel
Tofieldia glabra
$12.00 - qt.
- Narrow grass like leaves
- Flowers in late summer
- Rare in the wild
- zone 8