Category: Tips

Where to Buy Carnivorous Plants Online

Apr 30

Time To Print More Planters

Good quality carnivorous plants can be tricky to find. A good grower is the first thing to look for when purchasing plants online. Unfortunately it can take a bit of trial and error when finding a reputable nursery. Each have their own species they specialize in, and depending on the shippers location, the plant might be adjusted to that locations environment. I’ve tired many gowers during the years, below are a couple of the ones that have filled the garden.

Plant Shipment
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Yellow Pitcher Flowers

Apr 29

Some people often mistake the foliage of Sarracenia for flowers. Here’s what they actually look like, the pedals don’t stay on as long, but the rest stays intact for a while.

Yellow Pitcher Flower

Here’s what they look like when fully open:

Yellow Pitcher Flower Open

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More DIY 3D Planters

Apr 10

Checkout the Etsy store to buy

New designs, fresh and hot off the printer! @ecken and @dingod have done it again with these awesome new prints.

Maya Cube Planter Print

Dingo keeps the video game theme going with an epic Bob-omb, shown here sporting a Marston Dragon.
Bob-omb 3D Planter

Next up is @ecken with the mayan head theme, shown sporting a Chinese Juniper.
Maya Cube Planter Print

The next prints will try to use the biodegradable PLA!
If your interested in what goes into printing, check out the tutorial for setting up a makerbot:

BTS Plantiis shoot

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Bonsia Wire Training

Dec 22

On todays episode, wire training a seven year old Chinese Juniper.

Quick tips:
Use appropriate wire thickness to coil branches
Don’t coil so tight as to bruise the branch
Use thumbs as a fulcrum to coil the wire
Try not to make too sharp a bend

Chinese Juniper

Tree Bark

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Plants not dead, just playing possum!

Oct 27

Lots of first time growers are often scared to find they might have killed their carnivorous plants, when in fact it’s simply gone into dormancy.

Drosera often die back, leaving behind a terrifying dead leafed corpse.
Not to worry! It will most likely regenerate new sprouts through a couple of the roots it has laid out.

So don’t throw away that planter full of plants playing possum, they be back up next season!

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Carnivorous Stowaways

Mar 19

When receiving plants a lot of times you find stowaway plants in the same pot. They might be grasses or weeds, but sometimes you find bonus plants along for the ride!


The most common type of weed-like carnivorous plant might be some species of drosera. Here is what I think is a Spatulata that just sprouted out of nowhere!

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