This text is the complete guide for gardeners to the North American pitcher plants - some of the most spectacular looking of all carnivorous plants. The book covers the plants' natural history; describes the 13 species and sub-species of Sarracenia; and features advice on a range of topics.
Nick Romanowski is the author of a number of other successful UNSW Press titles including Planting Wetlands and Dams (1998), Aquatic and Wetland Plants, A Field Guide for Non-tropical Australia (1998), and Water Garden Plants and Animals: The Complete Guide for all Australia (2000). Nick is a biologist and a commercial grower of aquatic and water's edge plants, whose nursery, 'Dragonfly Aquatics' near Colac, Victoria contains one of the world's most diverse collections of wetland plants.