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Old 26-05-2015, 03:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Judith in England Judith in England is offline
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Default Teasels - carnivorous


I grew some teasels two years ago: and last year grew some more from their
seeds.

They are doing fantastically well - very healthy. I noticed again the amount
of water which collects in the leaf bases - and then I saw a number of small
slugs and snails - drowned - in some of them. I wondered if they were acting
a bit like a Pitcher Plant - and were carnivorous in any way. A few searches
about teasels and I find that lo and behold they are.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...l.pone.0017935


(Off out now to catch some flies to feed my teasels)