Basic Beginners Carnivorous Plants Starter Kit! Learn to Pot up and Grow Easy Care Carnivorous Plants!

Please note: this kit contains a Sarracenia pitcher plant, with the chance to add a Nepenthes pitcher plant as well.

This Is Everything you need to get started with a wide variety of of Carnivorous Plants, weather in a terrarium, a greenhouse or windowsill this is the best way to get started on growing these wonderful plants!

This kit contains 5 -7 plants (depending on Selection) and the media needed for potting

2 Sundew (2 variations of Drosera capensis )

1 Easy Care Sarracenia (Stock depending)

2 different assorted Butterworts (pinguicula)

1 Easy Care Nepenthes  (If Selected)

1 Seed Grown Venus Fly trap (if Selected)

Also Contains...

1 Dry Sphagnum moss (Small portion)

1 Perlite (Small portion)

1 Peat moss (Small portion)

5 -7 Pots

The last photos show an example of the plants you may receive and how they look after they are potted up by you.

Media Directions: Plant will use one of two mixes SOME PLANTS can go in either mix and may be listed twice. You will have to per-moisten and make these mixes before you start, everything needed is included.

Mix 1: Peat Moss and perlite 2:1 ratio for

Sundews, Butterworts, Venus Flytraps, sarracenia

Mix 2: Sphagnum Moss and perlite 2:1 ratio for

Nepenthes, Sundews, Venus Flytraps

See individual plant listing for details on each plant, research all plants before purchase, Venus flytraps grow best in full sun and need a winter rest. Small pots included. Plants with be shipped with bare root with roots wrapped in sphagnum moss wrapped with paper towel, in a sealed bag or container before boxing up. Shipping from Canada. Plant size is size small. Sorry no subs.

-Tracking number provided

-live arrival guaranteed -see Terms & Conditions

-Price is for 5 plants, media and Pots!

Please inform me if your weather conditions are unsuitable for shipping, and/or have special requirement.

Brads Greenhouse General CP Care Guidelines

Light: All carnivorous plants require bright light.

Temperature: Carnivorous plants have a wide range of temperatures. Temperate plants (like flytraps and Sarracenia) go dormant in winter, These can safely experience freezing temperatures. Tropical and subtropical plants usually prefer temperatures of 15c- 27c.

Food: Bugs are fertilizer for carnivorous plants, and they don't need much. Use other Carnivorous plant fertilizers found on our Website in moderation and with caution

Water: Carnivorous plants require water that is low in minerals. Tap water under 70 PPM will work, otherwise bottles water under 70PPM with work as well. Total Dissolved Soilds (TDS) meters can be found on our Website under supplies if unsure how many PPM your tap water is. Most plants can sit in a tray for easy watering.

Soil: Never use commercial soils for carnivorous plants. These may have fertilizers or other minerals that may kill your plants. Use either a mix based on long-fiber Sphagnum moss or one based peat moss (Both Nepenthes Potting Mix and “Bog Media Mix” can be found on our website under supplies if needed). Most carnivorous plants can be repotted every 2-3 years.

After Potting always bags up your new plants, in a clear bag or terrarium so they are in close to 100% humidity while settling in. See photos in our terms and conditions page for examples. Never put a seal bag or terrarium in a sunny window as temperatures inside will quickly become to hot.

Temperate Plants

Venus flytraps (Dionaea)

• Venus flytraps require direct light. This means outdoor sun for at least 8 hours per day. Flytraps grown in windowsills weaken and die over time.
• Water flytraps using the tray method. The soil should always be damp, and the pot should be sitting in water for the summer months. They do fine in a bog media mix
• Venus flytraps are temperate plants that go dormant in winter, leaves will die back. When dormant they can tolerate modest freezing just fine. Extreme cold (extended periods under -10C) can be dangerous. Move flytraps into a protected garage or shed during these conditions, or mulch them heavily to protect in winter, also protect from winter rains.
• Avoid triggering the traps, as this stresses the plant and can kill it. A dormant plant might look unhealthy, but that is just the time of year. Wait until spring and see.

North American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia)

• Sarracenia require intense, direct light. They need to grow outdoors in full sun for at least 8 hours per day. Windowsills are not bright enough, and plants will weaken and die without enough light.
• Water Sarracenia using the tray method. The soil should be damp at all times and the pot should be sitting in water in the summer months. Sarracenia do fine in a Peat based bog Media Mix.
• Sarracenia are temperate plants that go dormant in winter. The pitches die back, and they can tolerate modest freezing just fine. Dead Pitchers can be cut off at this point. Extreme cold (extended periods under -10C) can be dangerous. Move pitcher plants into a protected garage or shed during these conditions, or mulch them heavily to protect in winter, also protect from winter rains.
• Most Sarracenia produce a Spring and an Autumn flush of leaves, Give plants as much full sun as possible these times of year.

Sun-Tropical/ Tropical Carnivorous Plants

Butterworts (Pinguicula)

• Butterworts can tolerate lower light but they are most colorful and healthy in bright light, such as a south windowsill, under bright fluorescent or LED lights.
• Water Pinguicula with the tray method. They can tolerate occasional drier periods. Most butterworts do fine in bog Media Mix
• We sell Mexican Pinguicula, which cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. In winter these plants will sometimes go dormant, forming smaller, succulent leaves. They return to normal in spring and summer. Dormancy can be a be random.

Sundews (Drosera)

• Most Sundews require bright light to thrive. For Sub-Tropical Dews, A windowsill with 4-5 hours of direct sun is best, or do well indoors under bright fluorescent or LED lights, terrarium is another option .
• Water Drosera using the tray method. The soil should be damp at all times, and the pots can be sitting in 1cm of water. Most sundews do fine in either bog soil or long-fibered Sphagnum.
• Most sundews we sell are tropical or subtropical and should not be allowed to freeze. Some sundews can come back from the roots if frozen, but not all. To be safe, protect Sub-Tropical plants from freezing temperatures. Temperate sundews grow outside and go dormant in the fall, protect from winter rains so they don’t rot.

Bladderworts (Utricularia)

• Utricularia can tolerate a wide range of light, from modest windowsills to full sun. Most do best in brighter light.
• Water bladderworts with the tray method. Most species actually prefer to be occasionally submerged, which promotes faster growth. They do fine in bog soil or in long-fibered Sphagnum depending on the species.
• Most Utricularia we sell are tropical and should not be allowed to freeze. Protect from cold temperatures.

Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes)

• Most Nepenthes prefer bright, indirect or filtered light. Morning sun works well, as does a shaded south window. They can also be grown indoors under fluorescent or LED lights.
• Nepenthes soil should stay damp at all times, water when the moss starts to dry. Do not let Nepenthes sit in water for too long or dry out. Most Nepenthes prefer a media of long-fibered Sphagnum moss, which can also include orchid bark or perilte for drainage. Nepenthes Potting mix can be found under supplies if needed.
• Highland Nepenthes prefer cool nights in the 50s or low 60s, while lowland Nepenthes prefer warmer temperatures.
• If your Nepenthes is not producing pitchers, it probably needs more light, more humidity or both, try misting daily for a few months and move it to a slightly brighter location.