The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

I bought this book after I had purchased a Cobra Lily at my local nursery, and it's fantastic! Great photos, and had all the information I needed to know how to care for my plant. Very detailed care instructions on all types of carnivorous plants, and the info on terrariums was great. I couldn't put it down! I was especially interested in the natural history of the plants, and the information is incredibly thorough. Things like breakdown on the soil components and what kind of fertilizer is safe were very helpful too (I was always under the impression that carnivorous plants couldn't take fertilizer, which is a yes and no sort of thing).After I was done reading I was so excited about them I ended up ordering more plants online from the author's nursery. I had no idea so many carnivores were temperate climate plants. Before doing preliminary research I had been under the impression they were all tropical. This book definitely has a permanent spot on my shelf. I've been keeping various reptiles and insects for several years and really appreciate a well written and beautifully laid out care manual that has quality information. Some of it could be found online in bits and pieces, but nothing like what The Savage Garden has to offer. I didn't get to see the original version, but there are notes in the revised edition about what had been missing and what was updated. Five stars absolutely.

Just starting a carnivorous plant collection and this book has great information on care for them. Lots of color pictures help identify my plants. Recommend for beginner to expert grower!

This book is well-written and informative for carnivorous plant enthusiasts. It offers plenty of information on the most common carnivorous plants. It includes care guides and the species' native environments. It is a good read for plant lovers.

Enjoyable to read and an excellent reference book for carnivorous plants

Great book for both beginners and experienced growers. The text is very easy to follow and the personal notes from the author make it even more interesting!

I learned alot from this second edition. This is by far, the best book out there that I have come across, on the subject of growing carnivorous plants.My only disapointment was that the author spoke to terrarium culture from his own experience - from a grower's perspective - mostly about tanks and grow lights. Terrarium information was not complete, from my experience, and there was some cultural information that I would have liked to have found as well. However, this book covers alot of territory and provides phenominal experience and information for anyone interested in this subject. Author also writes well - clear and concise thoughts.Extremely helpful and entertaining. A very worthy book.

Never had much luck growing carnivorous plants and the information was scarce and sometimes too much academic.I had to import some books from France to understand a little more about this amazing critters, but it was never quite suffice.This is a great and very interesting book with lots of important information. I wish I had found it earlier. - It would had save me lots of money in plants that died under my clumsy care and in boring books filed with scientific jargon that was in most cases useless in a practical manner to keep the plants alive and thriving. Pages and pages of dissertation about the discussion on how to or why to classify this particular species in this particular group.I call this Book a Manual because there are so much important stuff about how to grow, raise, reproduce, maintain, fertilize and feed Carnivorous Plants that is like a consulting book that stays available to know more and how to solve problems when they arrive with dealing with those amazing unusual plants. But don't get me wrong, No one reads manuals like reading a novel but you will read this book from its first page to the last one.Very well written and very interesting practical information with hundreds of pictures that will clarify your concept of Carnivorous Plants.Loved reading the book and the Author even throws some pieces of humor dealing with technical and scientific stuff.If you want to know about Carnivorous Plants, get this book.

I'm a professional horticulturist and i've always thought carnivorous plants were amazing, exotic. When i learned in high school that even my plain jane home state, Ohio, is native habitat for sundews and pitcher plants, I was hooked.I'm finally able to start my CP collection, and this book is an amazing resource, even better than I had hoped. Each genus has an overview, and each species has a very specific outline for its cultivation with things like optimum soil mix and suitability for different types of conditions.The pictures supplementing the text are good, clear, and usually from the author's collections. However, I like the pictures of the in the wild even better -- I will probably never get to see a meadow of Sarracena leucophylla growing wild.The author addresses the 'myth' of carnivorous plants as pest control with the truth (that theyre more often predated upon themselves) an even what pesticides work best for which pests.The authors years of experience are obvious with a casual, informed and easy-to-read book for pros and curious newcomers alike.Buy this book before you buy that pretty pitcher plant and feed it Miracle-Gro!

muy buena guía para cuidar plantas carnívoras y ademas llego a tiempo y llego en buen estado.

it is a beautiful and well documented with photographs encyclopedia that will answer all your questions about carnivorous plants and how to care for them.

Excellent Book For People Of All Stages Very Informative About Every Type Of Carnivorous PlantsHighly Recommended This Book

The media could not be loaded. Amazing book about carnivorous plants covers almost all verieties of carnivorous plants and their cultivation care etc.Book has good quality paper and printing.Images provided are good.

Ottimo libro con tante descrizioni e consigli. Pratici per piante carnivore