Carnivorous Plants

Venus Fly Traps, Sundews and Pitcher plants are perennially popular carnivorous plants.

Consider buying these for your home and your greenhouse to keep pests down. They can get rid of your greenfly, whitefly, household flying pests and a host of other pests without need for harsh chemical sprays and treatments.  

These little beasts are so easy when you know how...there are 3 golden rules a they are surprisingly simple…

Three Golden Rules:

• Move to a cold spot over winter.

• Grow in a sunny spot (high light level)

• As bog plants they must have their feet in water at all times (you need a saucer) and this must be rain water not tap water.

Need to know more?

Gardener's World has a great article with 10 more tips and then grower Nigel Hewitt-Cooper in a 1 minute video explains the 3 golden rules simply. Well worth watch and now I know where I went wrong (oops).

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/10-tips-for-growing-carnivorous-plants/