Building a Large Bog Garden for North American Pitcher Plants

Converting an Underground Pond into a Bog Garden

Ensure full sun (≥6 hours) and good drainage. A few inches of standing water at the bottom acts as a summer reservoir. Use 1:1 sphagnum peat moss and perlite (or washed sand, silica sand, pumice). Top-dress with pea gravel to prevent erosion; live sphagnum moss may not survive hot summers.

Resources

Care sheets: cobraplant.com/caresheets
Bog-building guide: pitcherplant.com/bog_making.html

Good growing!