Have you ever wondered why plants eat bugs? Well, the reason is that carnivorous plants do not actually need to consume bug meat to survive. The reason is that they are vegetarians! Vegetarians do ...

Culturing a carnivorous plant is not that difficult. Plant tissue culture is the procedure of growing a living organism under specific conditions in a culture. The culture is started with spores and then these ...

Carnivorous sarracenia is one of the more difficult species of carnivorous plants to grow. The plants are very delicate, and even a minor mistake can kill them. In this case I am not talking ...

One of the most popular flowering herbs in the Amazon rainforest is the monkey cup. In fact, it is so popular that it has become difficult to find fresh monkey cup leaves in stores ...

Are you having a problem with slugs eating posts? It is a common problem. In fact, it has been called snail food. Hostas are eaten almost as much by slugs as are garden snails ...

Perhaps, the easiest carnivorous plant to cultivate, the Drosera capensis grows a beautiful red color under full sunlight. This variety doesn’t need a very long dormancy period, making it much easier for beginning gardeners. ...

Have you ever wondered, is a Venus fly trap poisonous to cats? Some people have actually tried to feed their cats from it. It really stinks, but does it cause any health problems? Let’s ...

You are planning to build a giant vented Venus flytraps as a part of your greenhouse and have found that it is difficult to grow. Your giant vented Venus flytrap has died, probably because ...

It’s true that Venus flytraps are easy to find. In fact, I have personally caught them dozens of times while camping out in the great outdoors. The problem with fly trapping is that, in ...

Alata Nepenthes is a carnivorous plant. It grows easily in many areas, especially if it is in a damp soil with lots of nutrients. The genus Alata, from which the plant is taken, contains ...