Bog Gardens And Carnivorous Plants

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Bog gardens that feature carnivorous plants are not found everywhere, so if you are looking for something different and have the right conditions, this is a way to make an impression. Gardens of any sort should feature the creativity and imagination of the owner that designed them, so there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ plants, just what your landscape can or cannot support. If you have a continuously soggy low spot or a spot with low drainage this is a perfect place for a bog garden and if you are interested, a carnivorous plant.

If you just want to have a bog garden featuring these plants, you do not need a low spot; you can use a large dish.

Carnivorous plants come in beautiful colors and more than one variety and are great to show off. At one point or another, nearly everyone has been slightly amused or in awe of plants that eat insects rather than the other way around. An important thing to remember is that carnivorous plants evolved to nourish themselves this way because they needed to survive. When cultivating these plants remember to follow the instructions. A lot of carnivorous plants will die if they receive the watering or fertilizing that mot plants require to thrive.

A sunny bog garden can house beautiful Venus flytraps that as long as they receive full sun and are always evenly moist will be a gorgeous sight. These plants come in all green or green with traps that are vibrantly red or even all red and grow in a cluster that produces white flowers on stalks around June. They are also not susceptible to grub worms and work well with organic care. Pitcher plants can survive in conditions below zero degrees as long as they are kept moist and come in a variety of beautiful colors. There are also the Sundews, which grow best with other plants in a dish garden and make white or pink flowers. All together they are fantastic just as they are apart, but should not be mixed with plants that get much larger than them or that are invasive as they will crowd them out.

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