Suddenly Seymour
Jason Austin is the head grower and greenhouse manager at RareFind, a mail order and retail nursery in central New Jersey. He has been growing hardy carnivorous plants since 1999. 
(He helped to design and build, with Bill Smith, one of the largest aboveground bogs, left, in North America). Jason tells how to grow native carnivorous plants like Sarracenia purpurea, S. leucophylla, S. flava, S. rubra and vigorous hybrids along with various other carnivores like butterworts and sundews in containers that can actually be kept outdoors year-round (below).
The important thing is to have a very acidic, nutritionally poor, always-moist growing medium. Peat moss is the main ingredient, with the addition of a drainage material like course sand or lighter-weight perlite in a ratio of about 10% to 20%. The containers, 
which are mostly plastic bowls made for this purpose, have had dozens of tiny holes drilled into the bottoms. The water seeps through the medium and drips out of the drainage holes so the medium does not become waterlogged, and pots do not overflow when it rains.
Rainwater is good when you need to add moisture, which could be frequently in summer, but tap water isn’t. In general, use collected rainwater, distilled water, or if you must use municipal water, fill an open-mouthed container and allow it to leach out chlorine overnight.
Who knew the insect eating plants were easy to grow? This could become the next trend in gardening – a new twist on “eating” plants.
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I loved the story. I have been growing carnivorous plants in containers for many years here outside. I got my plants from Plant Delights Nursery here in NC. I have the most difficult time with the Venus Flytraps. The Pitcher plants seem to love the idea.