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S. alata - pale trumpet

$10.00 – Medium, bloom size
$15.00 – Large, bloom size


Height to 24”, erect yellow-green pitchers with red veining. Large cream to pale yellow flowers in late spring.

 
S. flava - yellow trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Up to 28” tall erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, lightly veined with red. This species is always the first to bloom for me in western Washington, large bright yellow flowers.

 
S. flava- yellow trumpet- (heavy veined forms)
$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size
Height to 28”, erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, large bright yellow flowers. These plants have very strong and striking vein patterns.
 
S. flava var. maxima - yellow trumpet

$7.00 - Medium, bloom size
$10.00 - Large, bloom size


Up to 28” tall erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, large bright yellow flowers. This variety has no red pigment in the pitchers but is not an anthocyanin-free form. The crowns and bases of the pitchers have red pigmentation.

 
S. flava var. rugelii - yellow trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height to 28”, erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, bright yellow flower. The pitcher throats of this variety are splashed and occasionally spotted with deep red to purple areas but no true vein pattern.

 
S. flava var. cuprea - yellow trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height to 28”, erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, large bright yellow flowers. The outside of the lids and sometimes the upper part of the pitchers of this variety have a copper to chocolate color. There may also be
varying patterns of red or purple veins and throat markings. The intensity of the copper color is deeper in unshaded pitchers and changes as the pitchers age.

No the Pacific Tree Frogs (Pseudacris regilla) are not included. Because of their sticky toe pads, these little darlings are not plant food. When the tiny baby frogs first emerge from the water, they climb the pitchers and wait for lunch. Even though they are supposed to be nocturnal in habit, I see them in the daytime on top of a pitcher lid or peeking out over the lip roll of a pitcher mouth.

 
S. flava - yellow trumpet (wide mouth form)

$10.00 – Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height to 28”, erect yellow-green to yellow pitchers, large bright yellow flowers. The mouth of this cultivar is very exaggerated, sometimes folding back on itself. The thick lip roll protrudes and dips deeply.

 
S. leucophylla - white trumpet

$10.00 – Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height to 30", erect yellow-green pitchers with white areoles and red or red-brown veins, medium-large fire engine red flowers. The lids of these plants are beautifully rippled to ruffled on the edges. S. leucophylla is widely considered to be the most ornamental species of pitcher plants. The pitchers are used by florists in floral arrangements.

 
S. leucophylla 'Tarnok' - registered 11/10/98, published CPN, 1993

$15.00 - Medium


This cultivar was discovered in the 1970s by Coleman Tarnok in the Perdido region of Baldwin County, southeastern Alabama, U.S.A.  Pitcher habit, size, shape and color are typical of the S. leucophylla species.  This double flowered S. leucophylla cultivar must, however, be produced by vegetative means because the flower is sterile.   reproductive parts of the flower are highly mutated.  Undifferentiated petals and sepals (tepals) are multiple, giving the large flowers of mature plants a very full pompom like shape.  This cultivar
takes a year or two longer to reach bloom age than the typical species plants.

 
S. minor – hooded pitcher plant

$10.00 – Medium, bloom size
$15.00 – Large, bloom size


Height to 18”, distinctive curved hoods, erect yellow-green pitchers with white areoles and copper blushing on the upper back section of the pitchers, medium sized light yellow flowers. A unique species.

 
S. purpurea ssp. purpurea - purple pitcher plant

$7.00 - Small
$10.00 – Medium, bloom size


3" to 6” tall rosettes of semi erect yellow-green to deep red pitchers with red veins, medium-large dark red to maroon flowers. The open hoods direct rain water into the pitcher bowl, the better to drown and digest prey.

 
S. purpurea ssp. venosa - purple pitcher plant

$7.00 - Small
$10.00 - Medium, bloom size


3" to 6” tall rosettes of semi erect yellow-green to deep red pitchers with red veins, hoods’ edges are rippled to ruffled, medium-large bright rose-pink to dark red flowers. The open hoods direct rain water into the pitcher bowl, the better to drown and digest prey.

 
S. psittacina – parrot pitcher plant

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size


Up to 8” diameter rosettes of prostrate to semi erect yellow-green pitchers with white areoles and red veining on the upper parts and heads. The head of the pitcher is rounded and ends with a beak shaped nose. Insects enter through an opening under the beak. The flowers are deep red to maroon in color, and small in size.

 
S. psittacina ‘giant form’

$20.00 – Medium, bloom size
$25.00 – Large, bloom size

1’ to 1 ½’ diameter rosettes of prostrate to semi erect yellow-green pitchers with white areoles and red veining on upper parts and heads.  The head of the pitcher is rounded and ends with a beak shaped nose.  Insects enter through an opening under the beak.  The medium-small size flowers are deep red to maroon in color.

 
S. rubra ssp. gulfensis- sweet trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height 10" to 18", erect yellow-green pitchers with diffused red coloring and deep red veins. Small red flowers.

 
S. rubra ssp. gulfensis- ancestral form


$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height 10" -20", erect yellow-green pitchers are heavily veined with red, giving the plant a copper glow. New leaves present a sunrise colored spectacle when backlit by the sun. Small deep red flowers.

 
S. rubra ssp. rubra - sweet trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height 8" -12", slim and erect yellow-green pitchers are veined with red giving the pitchers a tailored look. Small deep red flowers.

 

 
S. rubra ssp. rubra (long lid form, Gulf Coast) - sweet trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height 10" -22", slim and erect yellow-green pitchers with red veins. When viewed from the side, the pitcher lid of this form extends well beyond the pitcher lip. Small deep red flowers.

 
S. rubra ssp. wherryi - sweet trumpet

$10.00 - Medium, bloom size
$15.00 - Large, bloom size


Height to 10"-15", erect yellow-green pitchers prominently veined with red. The undulating pitcher lids are often blushed with copper to red tones. Small deep red flowers.