Books to help you select and grow Carnivorous Plants.
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The Savage Garden -
Peter D'Amato has been raising carnivorous plants for three decades, and his nursery, California Carnivores, houses the world's largest collection of flesh-eating flora. There's not much D'Amato doesn't know about growing these oddballs of the plant world, and he imparts his expertise gracefully and with humor in The Savage Garden, which is aimed at curious gardeners who want to grow carnivorous plants both indoors and out. From the ever-fascinating Venus flytrap to the aquatic bladderwort and the rather extravagantly sexual-looking pitcher plant, these exotic plants have a reputation for being difficult to grow, but D'Amato proves otherwise. The necessary water and soil chemistry, proper lighting, and propagation tips are discussed thoroughly along with descriptions and growing tips for many species in each of 11 plant families.
If plants can have personalities, these do--or at least appear to in the hundreds of witty photographs and colored illustrations that show them both at their hungriest and at their most innocuous. This is a stunningly comprehensive guide that will inspire and fascinate even the most squeamish gardener. -- Barrie Trinkle
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Adrian Slack's, Carnivorous Plants, is a worldwide tour of the different carnivorous plant varieties. Using photographs and line drawings he presents the history, habitat, methods of capturing prey and cultivation of almost fifty carnivorous plants. A carnivore lover's definitive reference book. |
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Donald Schnell is a naturalist who has dedicated over forty years to the study of carnivorous plants. His work, Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada, is a study of 45 species and numerous hybrids. In addition to being a superb field guide, his book provides detailed instructions for preparing the proper environment for growing a variety of carnivorous plants. |
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In Gardening With Carnivores, Nick Romanowski has written a book dedicated to the North American pitcher plant(Sarracenia) which are among the most spectacular carnivorous plants. He also says they are among the easiest to grow outdoors from parts of southern Canada to the cooler subtropics.
This book is a complete guide to these plants. It deals with their history, hybridization, making a bog garden, and using the pitchers as a long-lasting cut flower. It discusses the biology and evolution of the Saracenia and the book is loaded with beautiful photographs showing the different varieties in their full glory.
Florists are expressing a growiong interest in the Sarracenia for their cut pitchers to use in arrangements and the final section of this book describes how to produce them for sale. |
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Elizabite, by H.A. Rey, the author of Curious George, is a wonderful children's story about a very unusual carnivorous plant who lets nothing stand in the way of her appetite. Elizabite starts out as a very misunderstood creature and then as the story progresses with magical music and rhymes, she becomes a beloved hero. This is an exciting read-a-long book for early readers that teaches the value of diversity while intertaining. |
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Meat-Eating Plants (Weird & Wacky Science) by Nathan Aaseng, is an intertaining and instructional book that describes the upsidedown world of carnivorous plants and how the normal foodchain just doesn't apply to them. Lots of great photographs. Reading ages 9-12.
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In Plants Bite Back, Richard Platt tells children, "There are plants that prickle, sting, or even munch insects for lunch! So, never bite a strange plant -- it might bite back!". Platt presents the carnivorous plant instructionally and with humor. He also discusses other stinging and poisonous plants. Great book to get children interested in carnivorous plants. Written for grades 2-3 with about 50/50 pictures to words. |
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