Sarracenia bellii Cardiocrinum sometimes reaching 4" wide

sometimes reaching 4" wide

we have to beat it back with whips and chains just to keep it confined to its pot

providing a strong contrast to the more shapeless mounds of many herbaceous perennials

Bartzella peony is a double flower with so many petals that bees will not find it easy to find the nectar

Growing to only 10' tall in temperate climates (20' tall in tropical areas)

Sarracenia bellii Cardiocrinum sometimes reaching 4" wideSarracenia x bellii is a seed strain of a hybrid of Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis, first named in 2008 by our late friend Larry Mellichamp in honor of the late NC botanist, Dr. C. Ritchie Bell. The specimen is based on very rare, naturally occurring plants in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Sarracenia x bellii is not the same as Sarracenia x readii, which is now recognized to be a cross of Sarracenia leucophylla x Sarracenia