Book: The Revised Savage Garden
Peter 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 the metric system for our carnivorous plant friends abroad!- 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
Please note, as Peter is retired, these books are no longer autographed.