Several of the RHS Gardens grow them, in particular Wisley, which has a wide range in its glasshouse and on the rock garden. Growing your carnivorous plants is simple – everything you need is inside this gift box including starter growing pots, compost discs, seeds and a booklet containing growing tips. The Venus Flytrap: Without a doubt the most famous carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap is - for many growers - a gateway drug! They are also known as flypaper traps, on account of the sticky leaves they use to catch gnats and fruit flies.

I think it is very useful since I no longer have to worry about having to keep a colony of fruit flies alive. Growlands was established with the focus of developing innovative horticultural products backed by science across a multitude of specialist plants. A few sap-sucking pests can colonise carnivorous plants, especially the new shoots in spring, often causing distortion.Small insects are immobilised by the sticky slime and larger victims may struggle to break free, coating themselves further in the mucilage - death is usually indirect, via suffocation. Start with some of the easier-to-grow options, such as the Cape sundew ( Drosera capensis) or purple pitcher plant ( Sarracenia purpurea), then you can expand your collection gradually to include some that need more careful attention. Smaller carnivorous plants specialise in single-celled organisms (such as bacteria and protozoa) and aquatic examples also eat crustaceans, mosquito larvae and small fish. Welcome to the fascinating world of Carnivorous Plants and the art of growing them from seed to stunning specimens!

If you are brave enough then you will love the challenge of growing your very own carnivorous plant collection.

Native to swamps in mountainous regions of the USA, the cobra plant ( Darlingtonia californica) has hooded, tubular leaves that resemble a striking cobra.

Their tiny traps grow up to one centimetre in length and capture prey including mosquito larvae, small fish and tadpoles. As avid carnivorous plant growers, we understand that salt build-up can be toxic to some forms of carnivorous plants in larger than normal quantities.Most species are able to bend their leaves and tentacles around trapped prey, which allows more digestive enzymes to come into contact with it, speeding digestion. Choose a bright, sunny spot to grow your carnivorous plants in summer and move to a cool, frost-free place in winter.

Place in a cool, unheated room or cool greenhouse – around 7°C is ideal – and keep the compost just moist.Sarracenia flava is an eye-catching species that produces tall, lime-green pitchers with red veining on the throats and erect hoods. Both peat and sphagnum will have problems with cyanobacteria and quite often sphagnum is contaminated with sedge and other weed seeds. This offer is for all plant foods that growlands sell and covers Carnivorous plant food, Orchid Plant food, and indoor house plant food.