Cypripedium guttatum - Spotted Lady's Slipper Size:Near Blooming SizeItasca Lady's Slipper Farm in Bovey, Minnesota sells Lady's Slippers across the United States and will ship the plants as bare roots directly to you in the spring and fall only. In summer is on site only sales. One of the featured flowers we sell is the Cypripedium guttatum, also known as the "spotted lady's slipper. This wonderful little plant grows up to a foot tall and sports flowers with purplish red blotches. In suitable conditions the creeping
In suitable conditions the creeping nature of the rhizome results in a spreading of the plant almost like a ground cover
The plant prefers high open shade but a little direct sun in early morning is welcomed
Itasca Lady's Slipper Farm in Bovey
Minnesota sells Lady's Slippers across the United States and will ship the plants as bare roots directly to you in the spring and fall only
These plants are identical to the normally colored form but have blooms with a pure white lip
We have recently had excellent success growing seedlings in a purely inorganic mix of 1 part Turface® MVP to 2 parts perlite
This species must have a little direct sun in order to flower but enough shade during the hot part of the day that the soil does not get too warm
One of the featured Lady's Slippers we sell is the Cypripedium candidum
This is a relatively easy to grow and very rewarding plant for a moist woodland garden
Zones 2-5 and cooler parts of Zone 6
One of the featured flowers we sell is Minnesota's state flower - the Cypripedium Reginae also called the Queen's or Showy Lady's-Slipper
One of the featured Lady's Slippers we sell is the elegant Cypripedium reginae - Painted Showy Lady's Slipper