Sarracenia alata Thrillers Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped

Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird-friendly flowers in early summer

John Greenlee

as well as during fairly extended droughts

topped in late summer with 4' tall bloom spikes of dark lavender flowers

very dark green triangular fronds and striking new foliage of red and bronze

Sarracenia alata Thrillers Hosta 'Bright Lights' is toppedThe pale pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata, is found in moist bogs from Alabama west to Texas. This Southeast native forms 2' tall yellow pitchers starting in early spring, similar to Sarracenia flava, but with a slightly more rounded hood (rounded hoods have been banned in some states, so check your local regulations). Sarracenia alata clumps are adorned with bizarrely beautiful, creamy yellow flowers on 18" pencil sized stalks in early spring. Moist