A predator faster than the eye: the bladderwort
October at last! Are you ready for my traditional Halloween series? After unloved animals in the garden in 2022 andContinue Reading
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October at last! Are you ready for my traditional Halloween series? After unloved animals in the garden in 2022 andContinue Reading
By Julie Boudreau Carnivorous plants are imbued with mystery. The pitcher plant is no exception. Its leaves, modified into elongatedContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson Nearly 30 years ago, I grew some seeds of bat-face cuphea or Mickey Mouse plant (Cuphea llavea)Continue Reading
Freakish to look at, unusual shapes and a good story: carnivorous plants attract spiders and insects with their colorful andContinue Reading
The pitcher of the toilet pitcher plants looks much like a toilet, doesn’t it? Photo: floravitro Yes, you just knewContinue Reading
Never feed a Venus flytrap hamburger. Ill.: laidbackgardener.blog & pinterest.com The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant equippedContinue Reading
From time to time, I like to write an article about the oddness of some leaves. Here’s yet another, aboutContinue Reading
Yellow sticky traps have been around for over a century (flypaper was patented in 1910) and gardeners know them well.Continue Reading