Herself's Houseplants

Hypoestes

Episcia ‘Cleopatra’

Steve Rosenbaum is the nursery man who brought us the pink polka dotted plant. Once selling only out of his nursery you can now find his plants in HD and other stores of that type.

He prefers plants that have interesting foliage rather than blooms.

Leaf man’s top picks:
Fireworks Rex Begonia
Variegated Artillery Plant
Episcia
Hypoestes
Ornamental Peppers
Pereskia
Variegated St. Augustine

More information:
Meet the man behind the plants, Dallas Morning News

Variegated plants

Photo credits:
Thanks for the Episcia photo!

Thanks for the Hypoestes photo!

I love my carnivorous plants. Anything, new different or odd in the world of plants catches my eye. This story is old but worth repeating.

Botanists at the Botanical Gardens in Lyon found a partially digested mouse in the pitcher of a carnivorous plant. Normally these plants stick to insects. This is the first proof they also can and will eat mammals.

I have one similar to this plant. I wonder if I feed it well, do you think it will start taking care of the squirrels over running the yard?

For more information:

Harvard Gazette: Snaring secrets of the Venus flytrap
Plant eats mouse – french cheese safe

And on this site:
Mirco terrariums with carnivorous plants
Nepenthes ‘Miranda’
Carnivorous Plants
Slime used to trap insects