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We will be at the North Asheville Tailgate Market every other Saturday from April to October! We will bring with us an assortment of Drosera, Sarracenia, Flytraps, and Nepenthes each week. Come often as the inventory is ever changing. Something new I'm really excited for this year- We are going to be selling "Bog Builder" kits for people who want to start their own carnivorous plant bog.    This year the market will be in an alternative location until the construction around the UNCA campus wraps up. For now, the market is being held in LOT 34. Here is a...

Time for a plant giveaway!  I have two separate carnies that need a new home, one tropical and one temperate. All you have to do to enter is purchase $20 worth of plants between now and 8/19 and you will be entered to WIN! Here is how it works: I will put everyone's name in a bowl and draw out one winner. I will contact you and you get to choose which plant you would like. Then I will pick another name for the next plant. Make sure when you place your order to include contact information like an email address or...

I know that repotting can be a bit daunting but there really is no need to fear! Generally speaking the best time to repot temperate species (which includes all sarracenia) is at the tail end of winter/ beginning of spring. This way the plant is still dormant, easier to work with and you aren't disrupting its growing season.  I have this overgrown Sarracenia purpurea that I have been wanting to divide for a while now so I though this would make a good subject to show beginners how to divide a clumpy pitcher plant. All Sarracenia grow from rhizomes that...