Indoor Bog Garden

It can be an ideal solution for the corner of the garden that s always just a bit soggy or a garden that s always in the shade and on the damp side.
Indoor bog garden. A small bog garden can allow you to grow a range of interesting plants that enjoy being waterlogged and in the constant presence of water. Our goal in making the bog garden is to help the plants stay in soil that s this moist. See more ideas about bog garden garden plants. Feb 21 2020 explore lisabeth s board bog garden on pinterest.
Fill 1 3 of your chosen container with gravel and put a mixture 30 sand and 70 peat moss on top. It s reliable self seeds though not invasively and brings a welcome pop of colour when the rest of the bog garden is still dormant. Make a small hole in your pot s soil for each plant then carefully place it inside and tamp the soil down. Create this beautiful carnivorous bog planter garden and watch them gobble up those pesky insects.
Home gardeners can replicate this environment in a mini bog planter and grow a diverse array of species like sundews pitcher plants and butterworts. A bog is a specialized peatland with highly acidic nutrient poor soil which discourages growth of all but specialized plants namely carnivorous plants pitcher plants flytraps and sundews and orchids. This unique environment is easy to re create in a container. Virtually any relatively shallow container that is wide enough to accommodate some plants will do.
You can also include orchids and other noncarnivorous wetland plants to build a fascinating miniature habitat. Here is how to create a bog garden. How to make a pot bog garden choose a container that is a minimum of 8 inches deep. Marsh marigold or kingcup is a bog garden favourite for its bright yellow flowers which start blooming in early spring and sometimes go on well into winter.
A bog garden can be created using any number of containers including whiskey barrels kiddie swimming pools and more. A simple way of growing bog plants is in a large container such as a half barrel that has no drainage holes in the base. Create a planting media by mixing 1 part builders. Almost any pot or container that will hold water will work.
When all your plants are in the soil use extra sphagnum or decorator s moss to cover the soil between the plants. There s no need to hand feed your carnivores insects will readily come on their own.