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• Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Indeed, carnivorous behavior may be far more widespread in plants than commonly thought - if we take a closer look, botanists said. At least six different kinds of killer plants have been recognized since the time of Darwin, such as ...
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• my carnivores in december

  
  [ Lost in the Landscape ] — Authority: 116
  As winter approaches many of the plants in the bog garden are starting to retreat into dormancy. Sunday I filled part of a bucket with the trimmings from the bog and two trays of potted carnivorous plants. I have mostly American pitcher plants, sarracenia , and I’ve been starting to learn the rhythms of the ...
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• Beware the attack of Killer Petunias

  
  Eideard — Authority: 150
  Killer petunias? [IMG: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eideard.wordpress.com&blog=3848052&post=47626&subd=eideard&ref=&feed=1]
  4 days ago

• Tomatoes as Carnivorous Plants

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 771
  Have you ever wondered why tomatoes, potatoes, and some other plants have hairy stems?  Of course not.  Neither have I, until I encountered an explanation in the Telegraph yesterday. Botanists have discovered for the first time that the plants are carnivorous predators who kill insects in order to ...
  4 days ago

• Only £12.95 for Grow It (Herb Garden) - Gifts

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 161
  £12.95 Info / Buy Product Information Begonias and daffs? Boring. Sow the seeds of something a little more exciting with these cool little grow-your-own sets that contain fiery chilli plants, aromatic tea and coffee plants, or fly-gulping carnivorous ...
  1 week ago

• Just £12.95 for Grow It (Chilli Plants) - Gifts

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 161
  £12.95 Info / Buy Product Information Begonias and daffs? Boring. Sow the seeds of something a little more exciting with these cool little grow-your-own sets that contain fiery chilli plants, aromatic tea and coffee plants, or fly-gulping carnivorous ...
  2 weeks ago

• Only £12.95 for Grow It (Chilli Plants) - Gifts

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 161
  £12.95 Info / Buy Product Information Begonias and daffs? Boring. Sow the seeds of something a little more exciting with these cool little grow-your-own sets that contain fiery chilli plants, aromatic tea and coffee plants, or fly-gulping carnivorous ...
  3 weeks ago

• Just £13.00 for Grow Your Own Carnivorous Plants - Experiences

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 161
  £13.00 Info / Buy Product Information If you are brave enough then you will love the challenge of growing your very own carnivorous plant collection. Growing your plants is simple - everything you need is inside this gift box including starter growing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Project terrarium

  
  Frog Creek — Authority: 114
  We had an old fish tank in the garage, and since I dismantled the salt water set up, I had a pretty nice light sysytem just lying around. What could one do? Well tell me, really, what is cooler than carnivorous plants? Not much, we suspected. So I read all I could about substrate, and light values, and what could ...
  3 weeks ago

• sarracenia: an appreciation

  
  [ Lost in the Landscape ] — Authority: 116
  So many interesting plants, so little time and space to grow them. My current plant obsession is the American pitcher plant genus, Sarracenia . I’m not alone in my obsession. Brooks Garcia even has a firm dedicated to the genus which bears the name Sarracenia Obsessed . It’s hard to explain what causes a ...
  6 weeks ago

• The Pitcher Plant: Nature’s Macabre Little Killer Plant

  
  Scienceray — Authority: 526
  The poor pitcher plant grows in extremely acidic or deficient soil that doesn’t have enough nutrients for it to grow.  The solution?  It kills and digests helpless creatures.  Monkey Cup Image Credit Most pitcher plant prey are insects, maybe an occasional tree frog, but a recently discovered giant ...
  6 weeks ago

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