Sarracenia rubra Conifers Pieris ryukyuensis takes the heat

Pieris ryukyuensis takes the heat of the southeastern United States far better than the familiar Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica) grown in northern gardens

follow in late spring and early summer

allow room for a fifty- to seventy-foot crown

Few groundcovers of any kind bring foliage this bold to deep shade

Sarracenia rubra Conifers Pieris ryukyuensis takes the heatPitcher Plants are unusual carnivirous plants in which the leaves are modified into tall, usually upright hooded cylinders. Small insects are attracted to and are trapped in liquid that is in the base of these tubes. These plants grow in damp to wet acid, nutrient poor soils in sunny to slightly shady locations. They derive nutrients from the trapped and digested insects Sweet Pitcher Plant is one of a number of species that occur in the southeastern