CARNIVOROUS PLANTS FOR ENTHUSIASTS

Explore our magical world of carnivorous plants

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THE CARNIVOROUS PLANT ENTHUSIAST:  I'm looking to expand my collection with a little more variety and add a few challenges to the mix

Start here as an absolute beginner... Where do you want to grow your new carnivorous plant? 

• Indoors on a north-facing windowsill (4-6 hours direct sunlight)
• We recommend:  an upright or rosetted sundew, mexican butterwort and/or an intermediate tropical pitcher plant (monkey cup)
• Outdoors in dappled shade (eg. shaded by a tree)
• We recommend:  an upright or rosetted sundew, mexican butterwort, intermediate tropical pitcher plant (monkey cup) and/or a terrestrial bladderwort
• Outdoors in full (8+hours) direct sunlight: (not sunlight through a window)
• We recommend:  a venus flytrap, trumpet pitcher plant, purple pitcher plant, and/or a terrestrial bladderwort

Once you feel you are ready to advance to the next level....

• Indoors on a north-facing windowsill (4-6 hours direct sunlight)
• We recommend:  A cobra lily, sun pitcher and/or an albany pitcher plant
• Outdoors in dappled shade (eg. shaded by a tree)
• We recommend:  A cobra lily, forkleaf sundew, albany pitcher plant, sun pitcher and/or parrot pitcher plant
• Outdoors in full (8+hours) direct sunlight:
• We recommend:  a cobra lily, forkleaf sundew, venus flytrap, trumpet pitcher plant, purple pitcher plant and/or parrot pitcher plant 

You need to know that....

• Some plants go dormant (die back to a winterbulb) during the winter months - these are called temperate plants  Temperate plants only grow actively during spring and summer - venus flytraps, temperate sundews, purple pitcher plants, trumpet pitcher plants, parrot pitcher plants, cobra lilies all fall into this category
• Given enough light during wintertime, subtropical sundews, tropical pitcher plants and bladderworts will grow throughout the year.  Most bladderworts only flower during the warmer months

Got it! one quick question: 

• Q: I'm an absolute beginner.  Would you recommend starting with an actual plant or seed?
• A: In optimal conditions it takes around 4-6 weeks for carnivorous plant seed to germinate and in most cases it will be approximately 3-5 years to reach a size that you can brag about to your friends.  We'd recommend starting with a plant and then advance to growing them from seed once you are more comfortable with the growing conditions needed for each species