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72 Hour Heat Pack

72 Hour Heat Pack
$ 3.99 USD
$ 3.99 USD
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72 Hour Heat Packs are a great way to help protect your Tropical Plants during shipment. We recommend adding these to your purchases from November to February, whenever your local temperatures drop below freezing.  Please use your best judgment when ordering, as...

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72 Hour Heat Packs are a great way to help protect your Tropical Plants during shipment. We recommend adding these to your purchases from November to February, whenever your local temperatures drop below freezing. 

Please use your best judgment when ordering, as some plants will become stressed if these are used over summer or when temperatures are above 80 degrees. We will do our best to remove these, and issue a refund, if they are not needed or could be harmful to the plants.

Plants that can use a heat pack are:

  • Mexican/Tropical Pinguicula
  • Tropical Drosera
  • Nepenthes
  • Antferns

There is no need to add heat packs to temperate plant orders! Not for Sarracenia, Venus flytraps and temperate Drosera!

SHIPPING IN 1-3 WEEKS

We are a small, family-style nursery with a team of just ten passionate plant lovers, and every order is handled with the same personal care we give our own gardens. Please allow 1–3 weeks for processing as we hand-select, clean, wrap, and pack each plant individually to make sure it arrives in perfect condition.

Shipping Information

We are a small, family-style nursery with a team of just ten passionate plant lovers, and every order is handled with the same personal care we give our own gardens. Please allow 1–3 weeks for processing as we hand-select, clean, wrap, and pack each plant individually to make sure it arrives in perfect condition. Shipping then takes an additional 2–7 days depending on your location. We truly appreciate your patience and your support of a small business — it means the world to us!

We use USPS Priority Mail and after 30+ years of shipping plants all over the U.S. year-round, it remains the best and most cost-effective shipping service we have ever used!

72 Hour Heat Pack

  • 5 stars: 30 (94%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (3%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 1 (3%)
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Aidan

Was still warm upon arrival.

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Elizabeth
Peace of Mind, Great Quality

The heat pack was a great choice for peace-of-mind during my plants' trip to the east coast. When my package arrived a few days later, the heat pack still had plenty of energy left in it. Great quality for a few extra dollars.

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Neal F.
good heat pack

Heat pack functioned as expected.

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Chris C.
Worked as expected

Worked fine

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Diana H.
California Carnivores refunded me for the heat pack

California Carnivores refunded me for the heat pack. Wasn’t needed.

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Ray G.
Out of all of them I got none lasted till

Out of all of them I got none lasted till.they got here
Gotten many frozen plants

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Norma

Excellent. Shipped safely and secured beautiful specimen

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Jennifer S.
I am sure it worked

I am sure it worked, but USPS struggled to deliver my package (local post office issues), but they were stillalive once I got them.

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Joseph

Doesn’t work when it’s -44F. Be patient and cautious if you’re ordering plants to the frozen states.

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GREG

It worked,,, it's been below freezing here for a long time.
And it worked.

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s.m.

Perfect

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Thomas

Kept my plants warm despite the frigid temperatures

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Shari

Kept them warm

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Jacob

Worked

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Hugh K.

Order was what I expected considering the time of year being dormant

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Jason

Kept the Cephalotus warm while temperatures dropped.

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J S.
still warm

plant was safe

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Cameron C.
Must Have for Cold Temps

These things are a life-saver. I had a plant arrive in sub 20-degree weather and come out unscathed.

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Ashley S.
Perfect

My new babies needed a little help to get to me, thank you for offering the heatpacks for purchase!

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Kathy B.
UniHeat Pack - Wonderful!

With the UniHeat pack you can buy plants all year. I remember before the Heat Pack I would have to wait until spring before I was able to order any plants. I have had the heat pack put in several plant orders. They have worked great for me. The heat pack is worth it - you can order plants all winter!!

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Margo G.
Heat Pack

We live at 8500ft and since January we have had below zero temperatures and snow almost every week. The heat packs have aloud me to receive the plants I have purchased and kept them warm even when they were thrown in the snow. I have not lost a plant yet! Margo

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Lnda S.

Keeps my plants nice & warm

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Douglas

Plants arrived in perfect condition in mid winter

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Mark

All plants I have purchased from California Carnivores have arrived on time and in great condition, and are continuing to do very well. Highly recommend this outfit.

M
Mark

I wouldn’t want an order without some insurance against the cold of Winter.

M
Mark

Simple decision when it comes to shipping sub-tropical plants in Winter.

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Rebecca

Arrived in the northeast winter still warm!

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Cindy

Worked well to keep warm

FAQs

WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY ORDER?

We guarantee your plant arrives alive and healthy. If there is a problem, email us within 72 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant, and we will make it right.

Please note: some cosmetic stress from shipping is normal and not eligible for replacement, including minor leaf loss, brown spots or small tears. Our team will use their expertise to determine whether an issue qualifies under this guarantee. There is also seasonal, cyclical growth to many of these plants and they may arrive dormant.

HOW LONG DOES SHIPPING TAKE?

We are a small, family-style nursery with a tight-knit team of dedicated plant lovers, and every single order is handled with the same care we’d give our own gardens. Once you place your order, please allow 1–3 weeks for processing — that’s our team hand-selecting your plants, gently cleaning them up, carefully wrapping each one, and packing everything with love to make sure it arrives at your door in the best shape possible. Shipping then takes an additional 2–7 days depending on your location. We know waiting is hard when you’re excited about new plants, but we promise the extra time is worth it — no order here is ever rushed or treated like just another box on a conveyor belt. Thank you so much for supporting a small business and trusting us with your little green family members! 🌿

What are the best carnivorous plants for terrariums?

You can grow carnivorous plants in terrariums and we recommend Mexican Pinguicula, Nepenthes, Cape Sundews and Tropical/Indoor Sundews

What are the best outdoor carnivorous plants?

While there is some variability based on your location, plants like Sarracenia, Venus flytraps and temperate Drosera do well outdoors!

What are the best carnivorous plants for indoors?

Many carnivorous plants make great houseplants! Try Nepenthes, Drosera capensis, Pinguicula

WHAT ARE THE BEST PLANTS FOR BEGINNERS?

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.