tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post1635031173653335606..comments2023-09-25T15:00:22.436+01:00Comments on The Constant Gardener: Spooky things #3The Constant Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-75548042161120322002008-10-23T23:26:00.000+01:002008-10-23T23:26:00.000+01:00The great thing about nepenthes and other carnivor...The great thing about nepenthes and other carnivorous plants is that they are guaranteed to get small boys interested in plant life. I could always persuade my son, when he was younger, to come to Wisley with me by promising him a trip to the (old) glasshouses to see the carnivores. Now 18 and at art college, he tags along of his own accord to take photographs of not only Wisley but other gardens too.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-51182290315225925432008-10-23T17:42:00.000+01:002008-10-23T17:42:00.000+01:00A brilliant way, if you're a plant, to survive in ...A brilliant way, if you're a plant, to survive in a low-nutrient bog: turn into a carnivore. Great pictures, and especially lovely to see the Pinguicula.<BR/><BR/>I remember being driven along Killarney and annoying my hostess who was driving. 'Nigel,' she said, 'I'm driving you along the world's loveliest lake and all you can do is stare at the rocks on the opposite side of the road. <BR/><BR/>'Never mind the lake,' I replied '- though it is lovely - but just look all these AMAZING butterworts in full flower. It was Pinguicula grandiflora, with big, showy purple-blue flowers. The roadside looked as though someone had put pots of streptocarpus everywhere.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.com