Post by tim on Feb 13, 2019 22:19:59 GMT -5
Hello,
The West Georgia Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society has a plot of boggy land the city is allowing them to manage. They asked me for Sarracenia suggestions and where to get plants. Instantly questions came to my head.
How native do you want to go? Species? Location data?
Probably want mature plants to see results fast.
I thought to suggest S. flava and S. minor as they are the most native. bonap.net/Napa/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Sarracenia
I'm not sure what town this is in so I can look up the county records, but I can ask.
They explained they have some money, where to get plants. I thought, some hobbyists are fanatics and would just give plants so they can tell their friends, "I gave plants to the GNPS that they used to plant in a park" etc. etc. I joke. I'd rip one of my biggest looking flava's right now in half and give to them. Other may want to give plants to help promote the 'cult' of these plants (I joke more, i'm a follower).
The next thought I had was ethical consideration, how wild is this place? Is it adjacent to another bog? From what I understand, this is a boggy area that had development around it and is unused. Maybe runoff. I understand too much runoff would have too many nutrients, plants will just die. But I think they say it is strongly boggy. I don't see any harm if they planted plants here as any homeowner can plant whatever they want. The risk of mixing into the native population is low to none as this is a city ditch? But I can ask this question too. It isn't for planting into the wild because it is in the city. This wouldn't be an experimental population, it would be more restoration/beautification.
Hybrids are showy and came to my mind, but the Native Plant Society planting artificial abominations of hybrids... maybe we should attempt to stay true to species?
Other thoughts? Suggestions? Questions? Please ask!