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Hello, I was wondering what you guys thought would look better in a bog garden sarracenia purpurea purpurea or sarracenia purpurea venosa. I want big chubby purple pitchers.

I have purpurea ssp. purpurea and the venosa and rosea . The roseas' and venosas' seem to be "tubbier, which I like. I love the purps. Check out https://sarracenia.proboards.com/thread ... cenia-sale. I got mine there and no complaints here.

sanguinearocks101 wrote:Hello, I was wondering what you guys thought would look better in a bog garden sarracenia purpurea purpurea or sarracenia purpurea venosa. I want big chubby purple pitchers.

If you're looking for color, I would go with purpurea purpurea. They tend to be a nice deep purple while venosa tends to be much lighter and has variation to the color. Purpurea purpurea is also much more tolerant of cold weather. I also find that venosa usually has the frilled lid which really adds to its beauty.

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Here’s a pic of one of my seed-grown purp var purps (on the right) and S. Rosea ‘Fat Chance.’ They have pretty nice color, but if you’re looking for a tubby pitcher, I recommend a Chipola S. rosea. They have a really great shape if you’re looking for a bulbous pitcher.

Xanth...I'll have to tell my wife that I am "bulbous" instead of "tubby" . Ha! Beautiful seed grown purps my man. Love the colors.

I like both. Here’s ‘Toilet Bowl’



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cwm1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:26 am Xanth...I'll have to tell my wife that I am "bulbous" instead of "tubby" . Ha! Beautiful seed grown purps my man. Love the colors.

Or that you're var."Rotundifolia."