Black Tube yellow trumpets
Sarracenia alata 'Black Tube'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones6 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moist to wet soil
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Black Tube' yellow trumpets (Sarracenia alata 'Black Tube') is a perennial for containers and as a specimen. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and moist to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows in a clump and blooms in early to late spring. Bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Blue star creeper, Feather reed grass, and Wood sorrel.