Plant Sales and Pitcher Plants
I’ve gotten a couple questions about the plant sale we are part of this weekend.
The Spring Garden Fair is sponsored by the Clackamas County Master Gardeners. Over 150 vendors will be there. Saturday and Sunday (May 1 and 2) at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby OR. Parking is free, but there is a $2.00 admission fee. It looks to be a great weekend and if you’re in Northwest Oregon/Southwest Washington and you love plants, it’s the place to be.
Eileen has this thing about carnivorous plants. Venus Flytraps, Sundews and Pitcher Plants. She has them all. For the most part the flowers of the plants are not that interesting. Small, generally normal looking flowers.
But, one of the Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia flava) has a most interesting flower. Yellow green in color, with long, droopy petals, it always attacts attention.
Popularity: 8% [?]
pril wrote:
I have to tell you a short story about my one experience with venus flytraps. I love these plants, but the one time i tried to grow one, i killed it
I didn’t really know how to take care of it. I wasn’t even sure who to call to find out how to take care of it! So i called a pet store, and they didn’t know either. Then i called a gardening place… i asked them how would i know if it needed to be fed? What could i feed it, cos my cat usually caught and ate any flies. The guy had this fantastic opportunity to mess with someone, apparently, and i was earnestly lookin to find out about my plant, which i was worried about. He says, “you can feed it bits of beef or some cat food”, but didn’t tell me how much. Then when i asked how to tell when to feed it, he says, “Oh, it’ll make a noise.” I’m all..what?! He never did tell me how tell if it was hungry. heh.
Posted on 30-Apr-04 at 9:00 am | Permalink