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| morlan75 |
Carnivorous Plants...Well I gone and done it again... the otherday I found yet another stupidly marked "sell by label"
I know quite abit about Carnivorous Plants, the only thing I do know about gardening/plants  and there's totally nothing wrong (except for the need of re potting) of two Venus Fly Traps I found in the garden centre  £3:99 reduced to 49p 
They look slightly scraggy but that's because their about to flower 
Below are some pictures of our other meat eaters we have at the moment. I used to have a big collection but having to start it again, so I'm on the look out for Sundews and other variaties of Pitchers at the moment
Above pics taken september they constantly flowered until january )
Latest pic's below
I'm hoping to erm... convince the OH it's a really good idea to go to the garden centre today... just to look at stuff of course  It won't be because I spotted a "Nepenthes Ventricosa" at all obviously 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_ventricosa |
| Libby |
the pitcher plants are hardy to -20 and can be permenantly planted outside, I have some dowm by the pond. I would love to have all sorts of these plants as I find them fascinating
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| morlan75 |
Libby your psychic!!! I was going to ask folks about our latest experiment planting some baby pitchers by our pond and if it would work.
Thanks for the above advice a trip to the garden centre is a must now! We've got yellow flag iris and a strange creeping mint (will post pic later to see if anyone knows wich type) in the "bog garden" at the moment with enough space for a pitcher, I'm woundering if a Sundew would fair well in there as well, if I get a more native species one? |
| sparhawkiw |
Like the last picture of the VFT...  My seeds didn't play this year 
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| Libby |
I don't know about the hardiness of sundues, I will have a look through some info I have and let you know, but in the meantime you might get some info here http://www.carnivorousplants.org/ |