Spring Plant Sale at the Fullerton Arboretum, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton, features more than 100 California native and ornamental plants grown at the arboretum, along with pots of herbs. Email events to at least three weeks before they happen, and we might include them in the calendar. If bug-eating plants don’t ring your bell, there are lots of other plant- and garden-related events and activities for June. But I love the natural world, and these plants lean into that, because they’re super fascinating and super beautiful.” If I see a honeybee in one, I will fish it out, because bees have enough troubles already. “In fact, I’m very much about them not killing things. “I don’t like these plants because they kill things,” Fefferman said. And he really wants to emphasize that these plants are spectacular despite their carnivorous ways. He expects beginners to find a good selection at the show, with prices around $30. At some point, Fefferman said he’ll have to consider becoming a nursery, but for now, he just maintains his website, a marketplace for other carnivorous plant vendors called, where prices range from $5 for seeds to more than $1,000 for rarer plants. He’ll also be among the vendors selling some of his thousands of plants. “The general public thinks of Venus flytraps, but that’s just a small percentage of the carnivorous plants that can be found on every continent except the Arctics.”įefferman, a product manager for the tech company Linktree, won some top prizes last year, and he’s excited to show again. “Half the people will tell you they love the carnivory - turning the table on nature to where the plants eat the bugs - but others will tell you they love the variety,” Kim said. The show is free with $5 admission to the gardens (members and children 3 and younger enter free). Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, from 10:30 a.m. Skippy) - the Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, which is having its second-ever show and sale June 18-19 at Sherman Library & Gardens, 2647 E. It’s a little gruesome, “but that’s exactly why people love them so well,” said John Kim, president and co-founder of SCCPE (a.k.a. (In Borneo, one pitcher plant - Nepenthes rajah - has even evolved to sup on the droppings of shrews.) ![]() Yes, we’re talking about plants that prey on living creatures - insects mostly, but in some far-off jungles even small mammals and birds. They call themselves Skippy, a strangely cheerful name for a group devoted to a fairly creepy endeavor (at least from this animal’s perspective) - the care and breeding of carnivorous plants.
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