Why a terrarium is a bad home for a Venus flytrap: too much humidity and sitting water. If you must try one, here’s how to set it up so the plant survives.

Which carnivorous plants need winter dormancy? A plant-by-plant guide to Venus flytraps, Sarracenia, cobra lilies, Nepenthes, sundews and butterworts.

Canada’s native carnivorous plants: the sundews, butterworts, pitcher plants, bladderworts and false asphodel that grow wild across the country.

The best carnivorous plants to grow indoors: tropical pitcher plants, butterworts, sundews and bladderworts, plus what a Venus flytrap needs inside.

What to feed a Venus flytrap and what to avoid: meat and bloodworms, plus whether ants, spiders, beetles, wasps and flies make a good meal.

The best soil mixes for carnivorous plants: nutrient-free recipes for Nepenthes, sundews, Venus flytraps, Sarracenia and Mexican butterworts.

Do carnivorous plants need insects? How they get nutrients, how long they can go without eating, and how much to feed flytraps, pitcher plants and sundews.

Carnivorous plants that catch fungus gnats and fruit flies indoors, which one works best (the Cape sundew), and whether the plants get pests themselves.

Easy carnivorous plants for kids and beginners, and why a Venus flytrap isn’t one: Cape sundew, Nepenthes Ventrata, Sarracenia purpurea and St. Gaya.

The types of carnivorous plants grouped by how they trap prey: sticky tentacles, flypaper leaves, snap traps and pitchers.

Why do carnivorous plants eat insects? They evolved in nutrient-poor soil, and catching prey gives them the nutrients the ground can’t.

Where to buy carnivorous plants in BC and across Canada: which sellers to avoid, why to skip seeds at first, and how to pick a healthy plant.

Can you water carnivorous plants with tap water? What TDS means, how much each plant tolerates (flytraps under 25 ppm) and how to test your water.

Nepenthes not making pitchers? Check light, humidity, watering, temperature and acclimatization, the usual reasons a tropical pitcher plant stops.