Great healthy plant. It arrived pretty quickly especially since. Im on the other side of the state. Very impressed.
A unique indoor plant for Santa Fe, NN
Welcome to California Carnivores
Promoting conservation through cultivation since 1989!
For over 30 years, we have grown and sold the widest variety of carnivorous plants in the United States. Venus flytraps, American pitcher plants, sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, tropical pitcher plants and others - all commercially cultivated for either the curious beginner or the discriminating collector who wants the highest quality plants. We are closed to the public and our plants are only available online.
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Sarracenia psittacina Potted
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Drosera capensis 'narrow leaf' Potted
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Drosera capensis “Mini Red” Potted
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Drosera x "Lotus Eater" Potted
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Drosera capensis 'narrow leaf' Potted
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Drosera capensis 'alba narrow leaf' Potted
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Drosera capensis 'alba narrow leaf' Potted
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Drosera capensis 'wide leaf' Potted
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Drosera capensis “Mini Red” Potted
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Book: The Revised Savage Garden
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Unit price perPeter D'Amato's award winning guide on how to grow carnivorous plants is hands-down the most comprehensive guide and the number one bestselling bible to these fascinating oddities.
Beautiful, exotic, and surprisingly easy to grow, flesh-eating plants thrive indoors and out, in a wide variety of climates. Whether you're a beginner with your first Venus flytrap or an expert looking for the latest specimen, this book covers everything you need to create and nurture your very own little garden of horrors.
This new edition is fully revised to include the latest developments and discoveries in the carnivorous plant world, making it the most accurate and up to date book of its kind. Now with 48 more pages and lots more photos, mostly taken by our own Damon Collingsworth!
This updated edition covers changes in soil and fertilizer products, water quality updates, advances in artificial lighting, new information on transplanting, pot sizes, and plant grooming, and the many incredible new species of carnivorous plants that have been discovered and hybridized, including a dozen new sun pitchers and over 50 tropical pitcher plants. It also includes the metric system for our carnivorous plant friends abroad!This book is a great gift for anyone new to the hobby or if you are interested in learning more about the different species of carnivorous plants.
- Winner of The American Horticultural Society's Book Award
- "The Savage Garden is a wonderful book." - Martha Stewart
- "Five Stars" - Amazon.com
- "An Exhaustive Work" - The Los Angeles Times
- "Stunning" - Science News
- "This book is a steal at this price" - The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Testimonials
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Came amazingly packaged, already had 1 pitcher and many forming!
~Adam
My plant arrived in great condition
My plant arrived in great condition. Since then, it's exploded in growth. Plus, there are quite a few bonus plants in the pot. The flytraps themselves are beautiful throughout the process of turning from green to red. Five stars across the board!
Love the hoodie!
Love the hoodie! Soft comfortable and true to size
~Charles
Amazing!!!
Packed perfectly! Pitchers are HUGE and the plants are very healthy!
~Adam
Beautiful plant
Beautiful plant. Came very well packed. I also received a drosera binata as a hitchhiker! I am extremely happy with my purchase and will definitely be back for more!
~Barbara
Healthy plants are thriving
Plants arrived very healthy and lot bigger than expected. Immediately unpacked them and placed in my indoor green house where they are thriving.
~James
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An all in one shirt for lovers of insect eating plants and the night
I was surprised to find that I did not own a purple shirt, obviously since I hadn't, until now, found such a stylish and beautiful shirt. This Harvet Moon shirt is Beautiful and stylish. Love the artwork, and sphinx moths are an extra bonus, as one of my hobbies is entomology. I'm 6 foot tall, my chest is 39 inhes and flat. The length is perfect, meaning that it's long enough to afford the wearer some modesty. The colors are rich as well. I'm going to buy my nephew one in maroon..
~Kevin
Perfectly packaged and arrived very healthy
Perfectly packaged and arrived very healthy. It is happy in its new home!
~Jose
An excellent ping rock starter kit
I think this is my 3rd ping rock kit I've gotten from CC. As always, it's such a fun project to do and set up, and very easy to customize. And this one came with a bunch of pings I do not own, so I'm really looking forward to see how it develops.
~Gabriel
Arrived healthy and is doing good so far!
The plant was very well packaged, and as a testament to both that and the plants health and robustness it arrived on a day where temperatures were 20 degrees F! I was a little worried since it was an unexpected freeze and the plant even sat in my mailbox for 3 hours before I got to it! Despite all of that, the plant was just fine with no cold damage! I was honestly surprised that it was a little larger than I expected, I was thinking they’d be a bit smaller but the one I got has three main growth points and 2-3 little babies coming up around it! As expected he arrived without dew, but once I placed him under my grow light within 2 days he already had dew! Now a few weeks later he’s got several new leaves all covered in dew and has caught a couple gnats! Even some of the old leaves have made new dew. Overall the experience was 10/10 and I’d definitely be buying from here again!
~Cade
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Well Packaged
Plant came in well packaged and in great shape! It is doing well in its new environment and is growing vigorously.
~Evan
Easy to set up, fun to watch
I got my bog right at the start of fall and got it all set up with some moss and sundew from a local bog. It's gorgeous. Definitely will recommend California Carnivores for violent planty goodness.
~Hilary
I ordered two cape sundews to the middle of Kansas
I ordered two cape sundews to the middle of Kansas and they arrived in great shape and produced dew within 3 days of it getting to me! The instructional video to unpack and they instructions for care on the site are extremely comprehensive. Thank you so much! You have a lifetime customer!
~Addi
FAQs
While there is some variability based on your location, plants like Sarracenia, Venus flytraps and temperate Drosera do well outdoors!
Many carnivorous plants make great houseplants! Try Nepenthes, Drosera capensis, Pinguicula
Drosera capensis is THE perfect beginner's plant! Cape sundews are handsome, dewy plants that are very easy to grow. They will catch gnats, fruit flies, and flies and can easily grow on a sunny kitchen windowsill.
While all carnivorous plants have a voracious appetite, Sarracenia are the most impressive! Their pitchers will fill with wasps, flies and beetles by the end of the summer.
Carnivorous plants require specialized soil that is free of nutrients and minerals. Depending on the species we use a different, custom blended mix. We have all of our soil recipes available in the FAQ!
Venus flytraps are best grown outdoors in most areas, preferring full sun, good airflow and all the hustle and bustle of the outdoors!
We ship all packages via USPS Priority Mail, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Please note that shipping times do not include processing time of 10 - 15 business days before your order leaves the nursery. Order processing accounts for your place in our order queue, and the time it takes our team to pull, clean, wrap, and pack your plants for shipment.