Florida's Carnivorous Plants - Kenny CooganCome learn about Floridas endemic carnivorous plants and more. Florida has dozens of native species of carnivorous plantsmore than any other state in the United Statesincluding sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, and pitcher plants. These plants use appealing scents, leaves, and sticky fluids to trap and imprison insects. Digestive fluids then absorb the prey giving the plant its nutrients. Many of these plants can be grown at home in the backyard, in

Dwarf Sulfer Cosmos

making it a resilient addition to Florida’s native plant palette

or even a unique Seagrape wines

You can help control the spread of this invasive species by not planting it in your landscape and instead planting the native Ruellia species

“Grape lollipop phlox” Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceous perennial that may grow 2 to 4 feet tall and is clump-forming

Wild-lime can act as a hedge

weather-resistant nylon and has a mesh panel holding it together as it moves

Very elegant

It works great as a specimen or background shrub or grouped as a border

a single plant can produce hundreds of blooms on any given day

Size: 25-60 ft

This plant does not do well in flooded areas or areas subject to sea spray (not salt tolerant)