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Winter is coming up so I would like to start a minibog at that time. I'm having trouble deciding between a minibog filled with Sarracenia pitcher plants or all Venus Fly traps.
All Sarracenia, hands down. So much more variety and beauty. Sarracenia bogs are ten times more impressive than Dionaea bogs. Dionaea all look the same pretty much.
I second Xvart, but that's just me. Scotty, it looks great, but I don't like the fact that it's split in half. My opinion, though.
Hope you choose soon
Well, I think a bog planting looks best when the plants are shorter than 1/2 to 1/3 of the pot's width. If the pot is proportionate to the plant, it looks more like a specimen planting than a community one. Root depth is also a consideration - most Sarracenia do best when they can send roots down deep. If I were going for a bog effect with Sarracenia, I'd probably choose a whiskey barrel or something of like size.
~Joe
I think scotty's bog is freaking AWESOME!
talk about a sweet bog... quick everyone back to the drawing board...
that'd be a good example of when I said unless you plan well
xvart knows something about a small minibog I rescued up here in lawrence, needless to say it bounced back from the brink of doom to absolutely crowd this pot haha
xvart knows something about a small minibog I rescued up here in lawrence, needless to say it bounced back from the brink of doom to absolutely crowd this pot haha
I'd at least have some dionaea or, for even more variety, a few drosera. The dews add a nice touch to the bog, kind of give it a more natural look. All sarracenia bogs bore me. I think all Dionaea could be cool if you do it right. Just look at WildBill's "field of screams" pic and you'll know what I mean.
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