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Just about everyone's familiar with the Venus flytrap...but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can-and do!-digest an entire rat? Or that there are several hundred species of carnivorous plants on our planet? Full-color photographs of the plants at work and play, plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own Little Shop of Horrors.Awards1999 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner ReviewsHow to get kids interested in gardening? The San Francisco Chronicle recommends The Savage Garden, "because there's nothing children like better than catching insects and feeding them to their houseplants."
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Beyond the Venus flytrap stretch the father horizons of "the strange world of carnivorous plants," chronicled in The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Guiding readers, squemish or not, through this unfamiliar terrain is Peter D'Amato, owner of a carnivorous plant nursery in California. Covering cultivation and offering a directory of popular species, sundews and American pitcher plants among them, D'Amato capitalizes on the shivery associations commonly inspired by his subjects, as in the title of his final chapter, "Other Savage Plants from the Demented Mind of Mother Nature." (Ten Speed, $19.95 320p ISBN 0-89815-915-6; June)
Beyond the Venus flytrap stretch the father horizons of "the strange world of carnivorous plants," chronicled in The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Guiding readers, squemish or not, through this unfamiliar terrain is Peter D'Amato, owner of a carnivorous plant nursery in California. Covering cultivation and offering a directory of popular species, sundews and American pitcher plants among them, D'Amato capitalizes on the shivery associations commonly inspired by his subjects, as in the title of his final chapter, "Other Savage Plants from the Demented Mind of Mother Nature." (Ten Speed, $19.95 320p ISBN 0-89815-915-6; June)
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, Indepth, Easy To Read, Beautifully Illustrated Book,
By Dan R "Dan" (Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants (Paperback)
This book is a masterpiece, practically a Bible for any Carnivorous Plant enthusiast. Here are 5 reasons why you should but this book if you havn't already.
1. Great layout ~ It is set in three parts (excluding a great introduction and more); The Basics Of Cultivation, Where to Grow Carnivorous Plants and The Plants themselves. Each part includes idepth chapters. Part 1; Soil, water, dormancy, feeding, pests & diseases + many more are included, Part 2; Greenhouse Conditions, Types, Terrariums/Tanks, Outdoors etc, and part 3 bascially lists all the types of plants including, the famous Venus Flytrap, Pitcher Plants, Sundews, Butterworts and many other less well known ones like Cobra Plants, Dewy Pines, Bladderwors and more (all carnivorous). Each of the plant chapter lists a well documented list of all the species AND hybrids/crosses with advise/descriptions of each plant etc then explains the cultivation of that particular type of plant in general. 2. Great pictures ~ Many wonderful photos and diagrams of Carnivorous Plants in action!! All detailed, up-close and captioned. The sundew pics are a must see with their dazzling dew-like covered leaves!! 3. Easy to read. Peter D'Amato explains everything clearly and without using complicated words that someone new to Carnivrous Plants wouldn't understand without explaining them. There's also humour in his writing which will make you grin or chuckle to yourself now and again! 4. A great referance~ Once you have read it, it's easy to look back quickly for references of certain new plants you have bought etc Has a great Appendix & Index too. 5. Genuinely interesting unlike most gardening books you get. Gives background infomation and so much more. There is a LOT more in it than I have mentioned above. This is definitely a must. Thanks for reading, Dan R
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants (Paperback)
If you're interested in carnivorous plants and want to know how to grow them successfully then buy this book ! It's as simple as that ! It can't be bettered in my opinion and combines all the information required plus great photos with an easy to read writing style. Great book.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great reading - beginner to expert,
This review is from: The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants (Paperback)
This book contains everything that you could ever want to know about carnivorous plants.If you are interested in cp's either a beginner or seasoned collector,buy this book -- now. you won't regret it
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