The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants
D'Amato, Peter
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Main title:
The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants / Peter D'Amato.
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Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
©2013Berkeley, Calif. Ten Speed Press, 2013
Collation:
x, 374 p. : illustrations (chiefly in colour), portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"A previous edition of this work was published in the United States in paperback by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, in 1998"--verso of title page.Includes index.
Contents:
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 -- Windowsill growing -- Terrariums and tanks -- Greenhouse conditions -- Types of greenhouses -- 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.
ISBN:
9781607744108
Dewey class:
635.93375
Language:
English
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BRN:
8206
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