Episode 60: Nepenthes with Domonick Gravine
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Carnivorous plants don't get more colourful, clever and downright dramatic than the tropical pitcher plants, aka Nepenthes.
Domonick Gravine, founder of Nepenthes nursery RedLeaf Exotics, has been running his business for about 18 months now, bringing Nepenthes to a whole new generation of growers. I talk to him about his favourite plants and how to care for them.
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