Would you put these 10 creepy plants in your garden?

5. Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Venus flytraps are like a plant from your worst nightmare. It’s like looking at a plant with teeth. These “teeth” however aren’t really used for munching. They serve as the “prison bars” while the insect or animal is trapped inside the plant. Venus Flytraps gather nutrients from gases in the air and nutrients in the soil. However, they live in poor soil and become healthier if they get nutrients from insects.

The leaves of a Venus flytrap open wide and on them are short, stiff hairs called trigger or sensitive hairs. When anything touches these hairs enough to bend them, the two lobes of the leaf snap shut, trapping whatever creature is inside. The trap will shut in less than a second. The trap will then secrete digestive enzymes to melt away the soft part of their prey. As for the bone and exoskeleton, these are simply blown or washed away when the trap reopens.

This plant is actually easy to grow, but you have to have optimum weather conditions like that of Southern and Northern Carolina.