Darlingtonia californica
Californian pitcher plant
Darlingtonia californica is a perennial that forms a rosette of trumpet-shaped leaves with the red-veined top folded over to form a hood with a reddish appendage. Bell-shaped flowers 6cm across, have narrow yellowish-green sepals surrounding heavily purple-veined petals
Contributed by @johnlill
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Californian pitcher plant
Latin name
Darlingtonia californica
type
Carnivorous plant
family
Sarraceniaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.50 M
Darlingtonia californica
Darlingtonia californica is a perennial that forms a rosette of trumpet-shaped leaves with the red-veined top folded over to form a hood with a reddish appendage. Bell-shaped flowers 6cm across, have narrow yellowish-green sepals surrounding heavily purple-veined petals
Planting Outdoors
From Late Winter TO Early Spring
Plant container grown plants in deep fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny site, in late winter/early spring. Surrounding the corms and root in a mix of coarse bark, shingle and sharp sand when planting will help to prevent it rotting in a wet climate.
Propagation by seed or offsets
From Late Summer TO Late Autumn
Propagate by seed, sowing them in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Offsets may be removed in late summer
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