Howdy everyone! I was hoping after my last post that we would have finished one of our larger projects by now but unfortunately, it has not come to pass. I've mentioned before that my husband and I take care of my mother and that we moved her bed to the window where she can look out and see some of the yard. The back corner of the yard is in a ( Read more... )

I got these awesome nepenthes the other day. I've been so busy with other stuff I haven't had a chance to share.


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Wanted to share some of my carnivorous plants pics. Mostly nepenthes (tropical pitcher plants) since those are my favorites. I keep some of my nepenths as house plants, some outdoors and some in terrariums.


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Anyone here from Atlanta that could possibly help with finding locally grown carnivorous plants? We try to support independent gardening sources whenever we can and we want to restart our container bog garden. My husband is in Atlanta for the evening and I suggested he try to find a few Sarracenia and others. We used to do a lot of our buying at ( Read more... )

I have a passion for carnivorous plants. I have twenty Venus Flytrap seedlings growing in a tray behind me as I write this, as well as a bowl of Burmanni sundew seedlings. You should hear me coo over them. It's embarrassing. I just ordered two Drosera binata plants as a birthday present for myself ( Read more... )

Has anyone started Venus Fly Trap seeds before? I just received a package of them in the mail but want to make sure I do it right ( Read more... )

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There are some very tiny venus fly traps at Sobey's! I really want to get one, but I don't have a terrarium. Every where that I have read said that  is the best way to ensure they have enogh moisture. The other option is to have one placed in a try with water. I was thinking of grabbing one anyways, sice there are so few and are pretty cheap, 8.99 ( Read more... )

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My basic plant philosophy is native, edible or both. So I've been slowly removing plants I find boring and taking up space and replacing them in the house I bought a year ago. For example, the crepe myrtle I was allergic to got replaced with an American elderberry. The silver mound got replaced with blueberries. The burning bush got dug out and the ( Read more... )