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Associate Bog Plant

 

Super select compact sphagnum
sandwich bag

Sphagnum may contain sticks, leaves, or other debris.

Seasonally available, market price, inquire.

Calopogon tuberosus

Silvery sedge, Carex canescens
Beautiful sedge that forms hummocks in bog gardens

Silvery sedge, Carex canescens

Calopogon tuberosus

Swamp sunflower, Helianthis angustifolius
Moist soil in bog edges, full sun. Beautiful fall blooming sunflower to six feet tall.

Swamp sunflower, Helianthis angustifolius

Calopogon tuberosus

Bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia.
A northern shrub that grows well in sphagnum bogs. Clusters of pink to white blooms. POISONOUS!! Do not eat and keep away from children and pets.

Bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia

LIVE Green Sphagnum moss

LIVE Green Sphagnum moss
Used as a top dressing in your bog garden or on potted plants.

Additional shipping cost may be required on bags of 4 or more.

Sphagnum may contain sticks, leaves, or other debris.

LIVE Green Sphagnum moss - Gallon size zipper bag
LIVE Green Sphagnum moss - Sandwich size zipper bag

Red and Purple Select Sphagnum

Red and Purple Select Sphagnum

Additional shipping cost may be required on bags of 4 or more.

Sphagnum may contain sticks, leaves, or other debris.


 

Red and Purple Select Sphagnum - Gallon size zipper bag
Red and Purple Select Sphagnum - Sandwich size zipper bag

Calopogon tuberosus

Calopogon tuberosus
the grass pink orchid. Beautiful pink blooms on slender stalks measuring up to 2 feet tall.

Calopogon tuberosus

Lycopodium appressum - Bog club-moss

Lycopodium sp. - Bog club-moss
This attractive plant crawls along the ground with round green stems and throws up tall club-like reproductive structures. Club moss is an associate plant of pitchers plants and sundews and grows on top of moist mineral soil.

 

Lycopodium appressum - Bog club-moss

Rhexia mariana - Meadow Beauty
This beautiful native perennial herb produces attractive and delicate pink/purple blooms in mid-summer. The plant is rhizomatous and easily spreads in bog garden or potted setting. Meadow Beauty is an excellent companion to trumpet pitchers.

out of stock

Rhexia virginica
This species of Meadow Beauty is similar to Rhexia mariana, but has smooth stems and is slightly larger, and with deeper pink flowers.

Rhexia virginica

Eriocaulon decangulare (Pipewort)

Eriocaulon decangulare (Pipewort)
Pin cushion looking plant. Hard, white heads on linear scapes give this plant the appearance of pin cushions, hatpins, or white buttons on a stalk. An associate species of Sarracenia flava, propagated from material from Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

 

Eriocaulon decangulare (Pipewort)

Helenium brevifolium (Short-Leaved Sneezeweed)

Helenium brevifolium (Short-Leaved Sneezeweed)
Yellow flowered member of the Asteraceae. An associate species of Sarracnia flava propagated from material from Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Flowers in May with flower stalks 2-3 feet tall.

Helenium brevifolium (Short-Leaved Sneezeweed)

Eriophorum virginicum (Cotton Grass)

Eriophorum virginicum: (Cotton Grass)
Plugs raised from Caroline County, Virginia population.

 

Out of Stock

Chamaedaphne calyculatta

Chamaedaphne calyculatta
Leatherleaf, a native bog shrub with clusters of small at-tractive white flowers in late winter.

 

Chamaedaphne calyculatta

Pogonia ophioglossoides

Pogonia ophioglossoides
(Rose Pogonia Orchid): This delightful pinkish white flowered orchid spreads rapidly through a bog garden.

 

 

Out of stock

Polygala lutea (Orange Milkwort)

Polygala lutea (Orange Milkwort)
Perennial with light green succulent leaves in basal rosettes ranging in height from 4 - 20 inches. Beautiful orange flowers in compact head-like racemes.

Polygala lutea (Orange Milkwort)

Pogonia ophioglossoides

Vaccinium macrocarpon (American Cranberry)
Attractive evergreen trailing vine that forms a heath in your bog garden. Produces edible fruit used during the holiday in sauces.

Vaccinium macrocarpon (American Cranberry)

Xyris (Yellow-eyed grass)

Xyris (Yellow-eyed grass)
An associate found in the bog community. Perennial with small attractive yellow flowers.

Xyris (Yellow-eyed grass)

Pogonia ophioglossoides

Kalmia angustifolia
Sheep Laurel. These are seed raised plants from a rare population in Caroline County, VA. The popula-tion is intermediate between northern angustifolia and southern var. Carolina.

 

Plants 6"-1 foot tall

 

Kalmia angustifolia

Magnolia virginiana

Magnolia virginiana
Sweet Bay Magnolia.
Plants 1.5-3 feet tall.

Magnolia virginiana

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

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