In making your herb garden, if you want to have a different gardening experience, carnivorous plants are bound to get attention. From the common Venus Flytrap to the Cobra plant, these interesting plants serve a few purposes. In areas that have large numbers of bugs, it decreases the amount of flies or other insects that annoy you. While the benefit is limited to the size and species of carnivorous plants that you own, these plants can grant a small level of relief while providing entertainment to adults and children alike.

There are 5 different classifications of carnivorous plants. The well known type, the same family that the Venus Flytrap contains, is the snap trap family. Snap traps rely on a mouth that closes in around its victim, where the plant will eat anything it snatches.

The second type are pitfall traps. These traps rely on prey falling into the plant and being unable to escape. Unique in their triggers for survival, they need to undergo evolution on a frequent basis, as water can gather in the heart of the plant as well as the bugs that the plant eats. These plants range from beautiful to ugly, and do not have moving parts like their snap trap relatives.

Flypaper traps are among some of the most interesting carnivorous plants. These plants secrete a glue which traps and eats up insects for food. These carnivorous plants should be treated with caution in the house, as the secretions can cause damage to the skin.

Bladder traps are a fascinating subset of carnivorous plants. These plants function through the osmosis of water to create a suction within the body of the plant. Once an insect or aquatic species has been trapped within, escape is difficult. Unlike many carnivorous plants, these are more commonly found underwater than above ground. Some species of bladder traps, such as the Bladderwort, lack roots, which make them a creative addition to any collection.

Finally, the lobster pot traps are among some of the most exotic appearing carnivorous plants that you can purchase. These kind of plants function by giving pests a simple way to gain entry, but slim chance of escape. In the case of the corkscrew plant, the internal structure of the plant have downward pointing obstacles and a y-shaped leaf structure that halts the escape of its prey. The unusual shapes of lobster pot traps are directly related to their evolution to stop the escape of preys.

For those wanting something even more unusual in their herb gardening pots, there are a few varieties of plants that do not meet all of the requirements of carnivorous plants, but have similar characteristics. Such plants include the Brocchinia Roridula and the Martyniaceae species. These types of plants do not have one of the three required aspects, which is to attract, kill and digest prey, to be classed as a right definition of a carnivorous plant.

In making your herb garden, carnivorous plants should be grown where young children and babies cannot touch them. While quite a few of them are in majority harmless to humans, digestion of these plant classifications should not be followed, due to the digestive enzymes that the plant utilizes to devour their prey.