Product Description

There are several hundred species of carnivorous plants on our planet. This text is a guide to these savage beauties that are easy to grow and thrive in gardens, terrariums and windowsill just about anywhere.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233398 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From the Publisher
Publisher's Weekly Review
Beyond the Venus flytrap stretch the father horizons of "the strange world of carnivorous plants," chronicled in The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Guiding readers, squemish or not, through this unfamiliar terrain is Peter D'Amato, owner of a carnivorous plant nursery in California. Covering cultivation and offering a directory of popular species, sundews and American pitcher plants among them, D'Amato capitalizes on the shivery associations commonly inspired by his subjects, as in the title of his final chapter, "Other Savage Plants from the Demented Mind of Mother Nature." (Ten Speed, $19.95 320p ISBN 0-89815-915-6; June)

Customer Reviews

Excellent, Indepth, Easy To Read, Beautifully Illustrated Book
This book is a masterpiece, practically a Bible for any Carnivorous Plant enthusiast. Here are 5 reasons why you should but this book if you havn't already.

1. Great layout ~ It is set in three parts (excluding a great introduction and more); The Basics Of Cultivation, Where to Grow Carnivorous Plants and The Plants themselves. Each part includes idepth chapters. Part 1; Soil, water, dormancy, feeding, pests & diseases + many more are included, Part 2; Greenhouse Conditions, Types, Terrariums/Tanks, Outdoors etc, and part 3 bascially lists all the types of plants including, the famous Venus Flytrap, Pitcher Plants, Sundews, Butterworts and many other less well known ones like Cobra Plants, Dewy Pines, Bladderwors and more (all carnivorous).
Each of the plant chapter lists a well documented list of all the species AND hybrids/crosses with advise/descriptions of each plant etc then explains the cultivation of that particular type of plant in general.

2. Great pictures ~ Many wonderful photos and diagrams of Carnivorous Plants in action!! All detailed, up-close and captioned. The sundew pics are a must see with their dazzling dew-like covered leaves!!

3. Easy to read. Peter D'Amato explains everything clearly and without using complicated words that someone new to Carnivrous Plants wouldn't understand without explaining them. There's also humour in his writing which will make you grin or chuckle to yourself now and again!

4. A great referance~ Once you have read it, it's easy to look back quickly for references of certain new plants you have bought etc Has a great Appendix & Index too.

5. Genuinely interesting unlike most gardening books you get. Gives background infomation and so much more.

There is a LOT more in it than I have mentioned above. This is definitely a must.

Thanks for reading,

Dan R

Fantastic !
If you're interested in carnivorous plants and want to know how to grow them successfully then buy this book ! It's as simple as that ! It can't be bettered in my opinion and combines all the information required plus great photos with an easy to read writing style. Great book.

Great reading - beginner to expert
This book contains everything that you could ever want to know about carnivorous plants.If you are interested in cp's either a beginner or seasoned collector,buy this book -- now. you won't regret it