The
savage garden
cultivating carnivorous plants
D'Amato, Peter.
creator
text
index
cau
Berkeley [Ca.]
Ten Speed Press
c2013
2013
Rev. ed.
monographic
eng
x, 374 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Presents a comprehensive guide to carnivorous plants, describing the principal species and providing detailed growing information and tips on soil, water, lighting, and propagation.
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 -- Growing carnivorous plants outdoors -- Bog gardens -- Windowsill growing -- Terrariums and tanks -- Greenhouse -- 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.
Peter D'Amato.
Includes index.
"American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner. Garden Writers Association of America Quill & Trowel Award Winner"--Cover.
A previous edition of this work was published in the United States in paperback by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, in 1998.
Carnivorous plants
SB432.7 .D35 2013
9781607744108
1607744104
2012047904
DNAL/DLC
121204
20150523101204.0
ocn820665690
eng