Sarracenia leucophylla 'Mont Blanc'

Description of Sarracenia leucophylla 'Mont Blanc'

Sarracenia leucophylla 'Mont Blanc' started out as a batch of seed collected in Walton County, Florida, by George Mac Kay. Thibault Barin sowed the seed in 2003 and watched the seedlings grow. One plant, tagged SL 30, pushed ahead. It kept growing hard, stayed tidy, and generally acted like it wanted attention.

A division made its way to Pierre-Emmanuel Durand's collection. In his large collection, it sat among plenty of competition. It looked good, just not unusual next to other Sarracenia leucophylla. Then, in 2016, the plant finally showed what it could do. The autumn traps were huge. Close to a metre tall and around ten centimetres wide. It had been stuck overgrowing a pot for years, running out of fresh substrate, yet it still managed that size.

Pierre-Emmanuel kindly gave Guillaume Bily a division who eventually nominated it for cultivar status. Once he got it into a fresh mix, it perked up fast and threw up another strong set of autumn pitchers the next year. It held the same look as the original plant and kept growing with the same energy.

The name ‘Mont Blanc' feels right. The tall form and clean white areas on the upper pitcher reminded us of the mountain's bright slopes. It's a simple match: a tall plant with plenty of white, named after a tall place with plenty of white.

Plant photos above are of our Sarracenia leucophylla 'Mont Blanc' mother plants. Divisions are taken from the mother plants and are planted into 9cm pots to be sold. Division sizes can vary greatly and will always be sent largest first. If you'd like to know the size of a plant before ordering, please feel free to contact us.