Tag: Deadly Nightshade

If ghoulies, ghosties and bonfires aren’t really your thing, never fear dearies, we’re here to help you. We’ve found plenty of botanical nightmares out there worthy of The Little Shop of Horrors… The carnivorous plants hold a special fascination, don’t they – monkey cups (Nepenthes), cobra plants (Darlingtonia), Venus fly-traps  (Dionaea) and the like. These lure innocent […]

The end of October,  and the shops are full of skeletons and pumpkins as Halloween approaches. Don’t think that the horticultural world can’t join in the spooky fun though; there are plenty of botanical nightmares out there worthy of The Little Shop of Horrors. The carnivorous plants hold a special fascination –  monkey cups (Nepenthes), cobra plants […]