Question
Hi,

I live in Walnut Cove, NC zone 7. My questions concerns the Judith Hindle cultivar you carry. As you probably know, I have just purchased one along with your cool looking instructional dvd (Yes!). Basically I want to know if this particular pitcher plant can keep it's leaves for long periods of time like S.Purpurea sp. Purpurea and S.Psittacina, or do they need to be cut down every year for dormancy like flava, rubra, and leucophylla? I would like to know if you would consider it a fast grower like rubra, or a little slower like purpurea and leucophylla (Don't know if I'm right on the last one?). My final question regards flowers of Judith Hindle? Will it be too late in the season to see them after it arrives (I know everything will be cut down for shipping)? Their flowers look pretty cool. Thanks for your excellent selection and service. I look forward to giving Judith Hindle a try!!

Daniel Bunton

Answer
Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your recent purchase!  It's also great to see you on Facebook.

Judith Hindle has S. purpurea in it, so it will retain some of it's leaves throughout winter.  In zone 7, however, you may need to provide some sort of extra winter protection.  Sometimes this means cutting off very tall pitchers in late fall.  

I'm still repotting Sarracenia, and I know that we have some larger Judith Hindle plants that we expect will produce flowers this spring.  Hopefully I'll get to them and release them in early May.  That's when they normally send up flower buds.  The current sizes we have online, small and medium, are too young to produce flowers.

This plant is very easy to grow.  It grows at a similar pace as S. flava.  You really have to go out of your way to kill it.

Good growing!
Jacob Farin