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Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Carnivorous Plants, 0 by Budgieman

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Subject: Carnivorous Plants

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Budgieman wrote:
Hi all. Need help on this subject. For years I have wanted to build a small potted carnivorous garden.
My latest effort contained sarracenia and nepenthes pitcher plants, drosera sp. sun dew and venus fly trap.
I can get all of these going for about 8 weeks then they all start to fade. I am guessing that they all need different conditions and may never be able to live together. The sun dew flowered and died. I put the seeds back in the pot and now have young ones. The nepenthes is going great but is the wrong type of plant for the dish and should be in a hanging pot. The sarracenia all died and the venus fly trap did same.
I know the sun dew is hardy as I've seen it growing wild in harsh conditions.

Can anyone help with this type of project?
Cheers
Steve