venus fly trap (venus fly trap) £9.99
Position: bright direct sunlight Soil: fertile: a specialist carnivous compost Rate of growth: Quick growing Hardiness: tender (indoors only) Current height: approximately 10cm (including pot) Each trap can be flushed red or green in colour, the traps are designed for the plants to catch inects and each trap will activate when the instect sits in the trap. Avoid seting the traps off manually by touching them as each trap only actives two to three times before the trap dies and is replaced , constant setting off of the traps can weaken the plant. Home care: Carnivorous plants Water from below during the growing season, by standing the pot in 2.5cm (1in) of rain water. (the pot should be kept on on a gravel base to keep a high humidity. During winter months water from below then drain away surplus water.

Drosera capensis ‘narrow-leaved’ (cape sundew) £9.99
Position: bright direct sunlight Soil: fertile: a specialist carnivous compost Rate of growth: Quick growing Hardiness: tender can also be grown outside, keep min temp above 0 oc Current height: approximately 15cm (including pot) The easiest of all the sundews to grow, the leaves wrap themselves arround smaller houseflies midges and mosiquitos. An ideal starter plant much easier to grow than the venus flytrap. (An ideal plant to grow with other houseplants where small flies can live on the compost.) Home care: Water from below during the growing season, by standing the pot in 2.5cm (1in) of rain water. (the pot should be kept on on a gravel base to keep a high humidity. During winter months water from below then drain away surplus water.