Pitcher plants

Add some low-maintenance exotic plants to your life and create a truly unique indoor garden. These odd and unusual house plants are easy to grow.

Nepenthes alata

Pitcher plants are one of the most unique looking garden plants out there. High carnivorous, these plants are great for controlling pests like insects and bugs. Learn how to care for your own pitcher plant with this great Pitcher plant guide.

The Sun Pitcher Plant (Heliamphora) is an exotic pitcher plant growing among the clouds of South America. A relative of the North American Sarracenia and Darlingtonia californica, the pitfall traps turn solid hues of green, red, and dark purple.

Heliamphora pulchella, a carnivorous pitcher plant endemic to the summits of only a few remote tepuis (tabletop mountains) in southeastern Venezuela. Insects which fall inside are prevented from escaping by the downward-pointing bristles and quickly drown. Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

It all started at Musikfest, when Brook and I bought a venus fly trap for $8. It came in a plastic “to go” cup with a lid on it. We brought it home and stuck that plastic cup into this …

Sarrencenia carnivora- yes they are carnivores- yes they will eat small critters like little mice.

Watercolour painting of a tropical nepenthes pitcher plant. Also knows as "monkey jars" as monkeys are often seen sipping water out of the pitchers! This design is available as a greetings card, perfect for plant lover.

One of the most beautiful of all pitcher plants, Nepenthes edwardsiana produces enormous cylindrical pitchers which are strikingly colored. It is endemic to the Mount Kinabalu region in northern Borneo.