If you're looking for a unique new houseplant or a conversation piece for your indoor garden, you might want to consider pitcher plants. These carnivorous beauties stand out among the rest of your ...
Not having luck growing carnivorous plants at home? Jacob Soule talks carnivorous plant soil requirements, pitcher plant varieties, sundew plant care, and more. In this episode of Mother Earth News ...
Q. I won a 4-inch potted toad lily and planted it in a whisky barrel. It draped over the sides and from late September until now has had a profusion of remarkable spotted lavender blooms. It is lovely ...
Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that the plants can't absorb from the soil. Not only does this alien-looking ...
Question: I was recently gifted a Venus fly trap plant and would like to know what other carnivorous plants are available. Also, do you have any tips on their care and maintenance? Answer: Yes! Venus ...
Pitcher-plants of the genus Nepenthes are tropical carnivorous plants that trap and digest insects. Some of Borneo’s pitcher plants inhabit a broad altitudinal range in its mountainous forests, while ...
If you’re tired of the traditional bouquet of flowers, there’s a whole different type of plant that’s grabbing attention -- Venus Flytraps! You may have seen carnivorous plants on TV or in the movies, ...
Carnivorous plants aren’t a product of nightmares so much as they are a product of evolution. When plants growing in bogs and other wetlands couldn’t find enough nutrients in the soil around them, ...
If you kept your indoor plants outside so they could enjoy our tropical summer or just keep them inside year-round, most of them are going to need some serious attention by now. These tips can help ...
Somewhere along the evolutionary timeline of bog-dwelling angiosperms, the plants gathered together and decided they wouldn’t take it any longer. No more would insects see plants as the ultimate salad ...