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Land & Table Brief: NCBG events
The Carrboro Citizen, NC - 2 hours ago
9, the garden will host “Knowing and Growing Carnivorous Plants” from 1 to 3 pm Staff will teach about the conditions that support Southeastern pitcher ...


Carnivorous plants are the bug-eaters of the bog
Daily News Transcript, MA - 18 Jul 2008
Carnivorous plants such as pitcher plants feast on live bugs and they do it so gracefully and with such highly evolved economy. ...


Carnivorous plants take bite out of talk
Leader Times, PA - 26 Jun 2008
Pennsylvania is home to several varieties of carnivorous plants. However, there's nothing to worry about. The plants found in Pennsylvania's woods and ...


What's On: Stage
Toronto Star,  Canada - 7 hours ago
... and Alan Menken is the story of a down and out florist whose life is turned upside down by a singing carnivorous plant with rather sanguinary tastes. ...


Striking appearance: Cobra lilies filled with intrigue (and bugs)
Record-Searchlight (subscription), CA - 12 Jul 2008
Darlingtonia californica is its own genus within the pitcher plant family of Sarraceniaceae, which includes carnivorous plants in the eastern United States ...


Movie Guide
Explore Howard County, MD - 1 hour ago
... in a Jules Verne novel, this thrill-a-minute 3-D adventure stars Brendan Fraser as a geologist fighting carnivorous plants and dinosaurs underground. ...


PW-Philadelphia Weekly

Dirty Buttons
PW-Philadelphia Weekly, PA - 1 Jul 2008
Carnivorous plants quickly die if planted in the regular potting soil most plants thrive in: The nutrients overwhelm them. Since they’re native to our part ...


Auburn Villager

Inside the Auburn Tigers 2008 Football Guide
Auburn Villager, Alabama - 17 Jul 2008
One bog is dedicated to carnivorous plants, including the pitcher plant. In the sedum garden is a beautiful blue flowering lysianthus. ...


Local garden briefs: Registration open for Kingwood Center workshops
Mansfield News Journal, OH - 8 Jul 2008
Carnivorous Plants children's workshop, 10-11 am July 17 in Exhibit Hall, ages 5 and up -- Kingwood floriculturist Jeff Russell will talk about fascinating ...


Providence Journal

Mud, muck and insect-eating plants in ‘Everglades of the North’
Providence Journal, RI - 3 Jul 2008
“See these red lines,” Stensing said, kneeling on the boardwalk, pointing to a carnivorous pitcher plant. “Flies see this pattern and think ‘blood veins,’ ...

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