OK, so much for the sales pitch, and trying to make it sound like raising killer plants is a normal thing to do. The big question is why should anoyone grow these things?
When I consider a plant for use in the garden, or even my window sill, I typically look for four things: beautiful flowers, nice foliage, a certain hardiness, and pest resistance.
A good garden plant may not have to have all of those characteristics, but it doesn't hurt. Many carnivorous plants have at least two, if not all of these attributes.
The foliage is one of their best features, and the one most people would notice first. Because the majority of these plants use their leaves to catch insects, they are a little unusual right from the get-go. When you realize that they are designed to attract insects, in some ways like a flower does, you realize why they are so attractive.
Imagine a plant in your yard that people will lean over to smell, only to realize it is a leaf they are sticking their nose into, not a flower at all! I've even seen hummingbirds stop by for a sip of nectar from the leaf of the American Pitcher Plant.
Pitcher plants, and sundews are the most likely to really catch your eye. Next Page
