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carnivorous plant garden

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  Posted by craig mason (U14342171) on Saturday, 30th April 2011

  how do i go about making a garden to grow carnivorous in my garden to grow hardy sundews and cobra lily's

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Saturday, 30th April 2011

  The point about these plants is that they come from an environment with few nutrients, so exploit insects for food. Hence these are the plants of acid bog, not something that you can easily create ithout using peat, which we are been asked to not to use?

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  Posted by thevodkarose (U13048111) on Saturday, 30th April 2011

  With difficulty! I adore these plants and looked into growing them a few years ago, but they are very particular in their needs. If you want to, it'll be very rewarding but a complex and time consuming hobby. You'll probably want to start with a few good books - even if you decide it's not for you, it's still fascinating knowledge to have.
  
  Normally I'd also suggest avoiding peat usage where possible, but with these the pros outweigh the cons in my opinion, as many carnivorous plants are endangered and sacrifing a SMALL amount of peat bog could help save entire plant species. I know large scale peat extraction is the reason for many of these plants becoming endangered, but it's a very complex arguament with a helping of catch-22 that I don't want to get into here.

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  Posted by Swedboy (U14400604) on Saturday, 30th April 2011

  Isn't there a canna type looking flower that is purple and attracts insects? Only drawback is that it stinks to high heaven.

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