Carnivorous Plants For Sale

🌱 Carnivorous Plants for Sale

Welcome to Carnivorous Plants by Kenny Coogan, now proudly operating out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina! Our nursery specializes in rare and exotic carnivorous plants, including lowland and intermediate Nepenthes, Venus flytraps, sundews, butterworts, and more. While our nursery is not open to the public, we ship nationwide every Monday—weather permitting.

Nepenthes spotted ampullaria, with red lip
intermediate nepenthes
highland nepenthes

🛒 Ordering & Shipping

  • Shipping Schedule: We ship bareroot plants every Monday via USPS Priority Mail Or UPS depending on price and speed.
  • Potting: You’ll need to provide your own pot and substrate. We recommend 100% long-fiber sphagnum or a 50/50 mix with perlite for most Nepenthes.
  • Cold Weather Tip: If your local temps are below 55°F, consider adding a heat pack to your order.
  • Free Shipping: Orders over $150 ship free. Orders under $150 incur a flat $16 fee.

🌍 Pre-Order Imports

Since 2019, we’ve partnered with trusted nurseries in Thailand and Sri Lanka to import rare Nepenthes via air freight. Our pre-order system allows you to receive plants faster and acclimate them directly to your setup.

  • What “Pre-Order” Means: We’ve already paid the foreign nursery, and the plants are en route—typically arriving within 1–2 weeks.
  • Shipping Timeline: Once received and inspected, pre-order items ship immediately (usually Tuesday–Thursday).
  • Acclimation Tips: Keep humidity high (80–100%), use distilled or rainwater, and gradually increase light exposure. Pitcher loss during transit is normal; healthy leaves should remain firm and green.

 

Acclimating Nepenthes

When you receive your Nepenthes from your pre-order order or from our stocked plants you will need to acclimate them to your growing conditions.

Pot them up immediately. We typically use 100% long fiber sphagnum but others have had success with 50% long fiber sphagnum and 50% perlite. Once potted up, give them a good watering with distilled, R/O, or rainwater. They should be kept in very high humidity initially. Aim for 80-100%. Placing them in a terrarium or zip lock bag is a good idea. Plants that are suspended over a shallow water level is another option, but probably will not be sufficient if the ambient humidity is low. Air flow is also important. So you’ll need to figure out how to balance high humidity with air flow. When we keep the plants, we acclimate them in our closed greenhouse, which is misted hourly. It is also important to initially keep them in low light. Every day slowly expose them to more light and lower humidity. If you are using a plastic bag, open the bag  10% a day. Pitchers typically die/shrivel up after a lengthy shipment. This is normal. Leaves should remain rigid and green. If they start to brown or become limp, do not lower the humidity and do not increase the amount of light.  Losing 1-2 leaves is also normal – especially if your humidity is not high enough. Never fertilize a stressed plant.

Acclimation takes time. Plants may take 2-6 weeks before they are putting out new leaves. Check out this video I wrote to learn more.