The savage garden
Subtitle: cultivating carnivorous plants
By: Peter D'Amato
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berkeley [Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781607744108
Subjects: Carnivorous plants
Notes: "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.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Soils; title: Water; title: The water tray method; title: Pottery and containers; title: Natural light; title: Dormancy; title: Artificial light; title: Feeding your plants; title: Fertilizing carnivores; title: Carnivorous plants as pest controllers; title: Pests and diseases; title: Growing carnivorous plants outdoors; title: Windowsill growing; title: Terrariums and tanks; title: Greenhouse conditions; title: Types of greenhouses; title: The Venus flytrap; title: The American pitcher plants; title: The cobra plant; title: The sun pitchers; title: The sundews; title: The West Australian pitcher plant; title: The dewy pine; title: The rainbow plants; title: The butterworts; title: The bladderworts; title: The tropical pitcher plants; title: Other savage plants from the demented mind of Mother Nature.