Various Species

Sarracenia leucophylla	The White Topped Pitcher Plant
This plant forms clumps with upright pitchers that are variably pigmented white in the upper third section and have red or green veins appearing during spring. 

The deep purple flowers appear high above the foliage on a long scape, with the first flowering season during spring and a stronger flowering period during late summer. It is commonly found growing on the margins of boggy ground from Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida to Georgia.

Sarracenia x mitchelliana
This hybrid is a result of a cross between Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia purpurea. It produces bright pictures to 150 mm (6in) tall that are green at the base and become red towards the top appearing during spring and late summer.  

The flowers appear during spring on a tall scape high above the foliage and a deep purple. It is commonly cultivated in containers and prefers an open sunny position with constant moisture.

Sarracenia oreophila 	The Green Pitcher Plant
This clump forming carnivorous plant has upright pitchers to 600 mm (2ft) tall that become tinted reddish in the upper parts with age.  It produces yellow flowers high above the foliage on a long scape during spring. 

The plant is naturally found in mountainous regions on wet, but not boggy soils along creek banks in Georgia, USA although in its natural habitat it has become rare, and has now re-established in northeast Alabama.

Sarracenia purpurea ssp venosa	Veined Purple Pitcher Plant
This low growing species forms spreading to prostrate pitchers that are accompanied by large leaves called phyllodia to help with photosynthesis. These phyllodia appear during autumn as the pitchers die back and persist on the plant throughout winter. 

During spring, new pictures grow at a low angle and fill with rain water drowning their trapped insects.  This plant is commonly found around the margins of bogs in an open sunny position and is grown in containers for ornamental purposes.