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Discover North America’s unique carnivorous plants, including striking Sarracenia pitcher plants, iconic Venus flytraps, and delicate Drosera sundews.
Each variety uses unique natural adaptations to capture insects, making them both captivating houseplants and intriguing additions to any plant collection.
About: commonly called the spoonleaf sundew or the temperate sundew, is a small, rosette-forming carnivorous plant native to bogs, fens, and wet heaths in temperate regions. It’s prized for its delicate, sticky glandular leaves that capture tiny insects, making it both an interesting conversation piece and a beneficial living pest-detector for windowsills, terrariums, and bog
Size: Rosette width is typically 1.5 to 6 inches across in mature plants.
Light requirements: Full sun
Watering requirements: Keep moist sitting in a tray of water outside, never allowing to dry out.
Temperature & Humidity: Keep Drosera intermedia in moderate temperatures (65–80°F day, 50–65°F night) with moderately high humidity (50–80% RH). Maintain consistently moist substrate, provide good light, and ensure gentle air circulation to balance humidity and prevent disease.
Dormancy: If you grow Drosera intermedia in a climate with a cold winter, plan for a cool, drier rest at roughly 32–46 °F for several weeks to a few months. Reduce watering but keep medium slightly damp; avoid standing water and high heat.
Shipping: Oregon and Washington state customers, please read our shipping policies. This plant may ship dormant.
Conservation note: Nursery-propagated stock at our nursery in Colorado Springs, CO.
About: Add a touch of the exotic to your collection with the Sarracenia oreophila 'MK017'. This rare carnivorous plant boasts a stunning purple throat that captivates all who see it.
Light requirements: Full sun
Watering requirements: Keep moist sitting in a tray of water outside, never allowing to dry out
Shipping: Due to this plant’s endangered status, we may only ship to Colorado customers. This plant may ship dormant.
About: A Native to eastern North America, this well known carnivorous plant is bright green with eye catching red traps. ‘Sawtooth’ is a cultivar with deeply divided “teeth”. It’s small mature size makes it an ideal accent plant for mature bonsai displays and would look great paired with a fellow native tree species found near water. An outdoor perennial, this plant requires a dormancy period.
Lighting requirements: Full sun
Watering requirements: Keep moist sitting in a tray of water outside, never allowing to dry out
Shipping: This plant ships potted with pre mixed soil in a plastic pot. Oregon and Washington state customers, please read our shipping policies.