(Green Pitcher Plant)

With light green flowers and pitchers of green marked with maroon veins, the green pitcher plant is one of the native carnivorous plants of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the American Southeast. It is an endangered species and listed on the federal registry, making collection and movement of this protected species' plant or seed forms legal only with special permitting.

The pitcher plant grows as a low rosette of small green leaves called phyllodia that sprout anew in summer. In spring,...

(Purple Pitcher Plant)

The bizarrely beautiful purple pitcher plant creates a rosette of squat purple pitchers perfectly designed for insect capture. This semi-evergreen perennial exists in boggy pockets from the Northwest Territories of Canada down to Florida and Texas. (Adjunct populations also exist in California.) It is semi-evergreen, and only drought, extreme cold, and fire will send it into full dormancy. There are four Sarracenia purpurea subspecies which vary in color, size and hardiness. Many have been...

(Purple Pitcher Plant, Southern Purple Pitcher Plant)

The southern form of the purple pitcher plant creates a rosette of short, plump, dark red pitchers designed for insect capture. The frilly hoods atop each pitcher are light green with dark red veins. This semi-evergreen perennial exists in boggy pockets of the coastal plain from eastern Virginia southward to Georgia. It is semi-evergreen, and only drought, extreme cold, and fire will send it into full dormancy.

Growing from short, thick rhizomes (underground stems), purple pitcher plant has...

(Burk's Pitcher Plant)

Short, plump pitcher-like leaves and a pastel pink flower set the Burk's pitcher plant apart from other Sarracenia species. Native to the coastal plains of the American Southeast from southern Mississippi to Georgia and northern Florida, it grows in sun-kissed sandy bogs. It is one of the easiest pitcher plants to grow indoors as a houseplant or in a terrarium, as it does not need a markedly cold winter dormancy to live long-term.

Burk's pitcher plant grows as a low rosette of small...

(Hybrid Saxifrage)

The fine, needle-like, bright green foliage of the sprawling ‘Peter Pan’ saxifrage is highlighted in mid and late spring with clear pink flowers on wiry red stems. A tight, clump-forming, usually evergreen perennial, this hybrid resembles a sedum when not in flower.

The clumps of foliage are a collection of tight rosettes of flat sprays of needle-like leaves. In mid to late spring, thin reddish stems rise high above the foliage and open to showy pink, five-petalled flowers.

Grow 'Peter Pan'...

(Hybrid Saxifrage)

A compact saxifrage, ‘Pixie’ has fine, needle-like, bright-green leaves and rosy-pink flowers that bloom in spring. A tight, clump-forming, usually evergreen perennial, this hybrid resembles a sedum when not in flower.

Growing in clumps, ‘Pixie’ makes rosettes of leaves in flat sprays. In mid to late spring, thin stems rise high above the foliage and display pink-red buds that open to showy pink, five-petalled flowers.

Grow 'Pixie' in partial sun to partial shade exposures in a moist, well-drained,...

(Hybrid Saxifrage)

The fine, needle-like, foliage of ‘Purple Rug’ saxifrage is highlighted in mid and late spring with red-violet flowers on tall stems. A tight, sprawling, usually evergreen perennial, this hybrid resembles a sedum when not in flower. It forms flat, sprays of leaves in tight rosettes that gather in clumps. In mid to late spring, thin red stems rise high above the foliage and hold showy magenta-violet, five-petalled flowers.

Grow 'Purple Rug' (also known as 'Purpurteppich') in partial sun to partial...

(Hybrid Saxifrage)

The fine, needle-like, leaves of ‘Triumph’ saxifrage are joined in mid and late spring by deep-red flowers on wiry stems. A tight, clump-forming, usually evergreen perennial, it is a hybrid developed by Arends Nursery of Ronsdorf, Germany.

Growing in sedum-like clumps. ‘Triumph’ makes tight rosettes of flat, sprays of leaves, bright green in color. In mid to late spring, thin stems rise high above the foliage and open to bright-red, five-petalled flowers.

Grow 'Triumph' in partial sun to partial...

(Hybrid Saxifrage)

The fine, needle-like, bright-green leaves of ‘White Pixie’ saxifrage are complemented in mid and late spring with white flowers on wiry stems. A tight, clump-forming, usually evergreen perennial, this hybrid resembles a sedum when not in flower.

The clumps of foliage are a collection of tight rosettes of flat, needle-like sprays of leaves. In mid to late spring, thin stems rise high above the foliage and open to showy, white, five-petalled flowers.

Grow 'White Pixie' in partial sun to partial...

(Creeping Saxifrage)

A choice alpine plant, the creeping saxifrage boasts handsome green foliage and wispy, white flowers in summer and early fall. A semi-evergreen perennial that spreads via creeping stolons (prone stems), the parent species is native to the rocky uplands of China and Japan. Its leaves are rounded or kidney-shaped with jagged edges. In summer, tall stems rise above the leaves, revealing airy clusters of white flowers that may have tiny yellow or red spots.

Grow creeping saxifrage in moist, well-drained,...