The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants /
D'Amato, Peter.
The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants / Peter D'Amato. - Revised edition. - Berkeley [Ca.] : Ten Speed Press, c2013. - x, 374 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
"A previous edition of this work was published in the United States in paperback by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1998"--T.p. verso. "American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner. Garden Writers Association of America Quill & Trowel Award Winner"--Cover. Includes index.
What are carnivorous plants? -- pt. 1. The basics of cultivation. Soils -- Water -- The water tray method -- Pottery and containers -- Natural light -- Dormancy -- Artificial light -- Feeding your plants -- Fertilizing carnivores -- Carnivorous plants as pest controllers -- Pests and diseases -- pt. 2. Where to grow carnivorous plants. Growing carnivorous plants outdoors -- Bog gardens -- Windowsill growing -- Terrariums and tanks -- Greenhouses -- pt. 3. The plants and how to grow them. The Venus flytrap -- The American pitcher plants -- The cobra plant -- The sun pitchers -- The sundews -- The West Australian pitcher plant -- The dewy pine -- The rainbow plants -- The butterworts -- The bladderworts -- The tropical pitcher plants -- Other savage plants from the demented mind of Mother Nature.
1607744104 (pbk.) 9781607744108 (pbk.)
2012047904
Carnivorous plants.
The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants / Peter D'Amato. - Revised edition. - Berkeley [Ca.] : Ten Speed Press, c2013. - x, 374 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
"A previous edition of this work was published in the United States in paperback by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1998"--T.p. verso. "American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner. Garden Writers Association of America Quill & Trowel Award Winner"--Cover. Includes index.
What are carnivorous plants? -- pt. 1. The basics of cultivation. Soils -- Water -- The water tray method -- Pottery and containers -- Natural light -- Dormancy -- Artificial light -- Feeding your plants -- Fertilizing carnivores -- Carnivorous plants as pest controllers -- Pests and diseases -- pt. 2. Where to grow carnivorous plants. Growing carnivorous plants outdoors -- Bog gardens -- Windowsill growing -- Terrariums and tanks -- Greenhouses -- pt. 3. The plants and how to grow them. The Venus flytrap -- The American pitcher plants -- The cobra plant -- The sun pitchers -- The sundews -- The West Australian pitcher plant -- The dewy pine -- The rainbow plants -- The butterworts -- The bladderworts -- The tropical pitcher plants -- Other savage plants from the demented mind of Mother Nature.
1607744104 (pbk.) 9781607744108 (pbk.)
2012047904
Carnivorous plants.