Pitcher Plant

On the porch is the water garden where this pitcher plant lives.  The flower pot is partly submerged in the water in a peat moss mixture.  There are four other pitchers on the plant, but they were blown over during a strong wind and rain storm.  So this one stands alone. 

This particular plant was bought last year, and wintered over in the shed, to come back and begin regrowing.  What cannot be seen in this shot is that this two feet tall, and it is still growing!

No, I haven't tried to look to see if they have caught any insects.

Maybe This Year?

For the last three years, just as the Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus ‘Stevie’s Wonder’) got to this stage, the "long legged animal that destroys all in its path" ate off the flower buds like they were lollipops.  So, with a bit a luck, they may survive this year.  A few weeks ago some things were eaten, but we have been regularly applying repellents.  It also appears that some of the pathways that they have followed for years have been disrupted.  So, I am hoping to see them bloom this year.