Growing Zones: 4-11 patio / 6-11 outdoors

hardy down to 40℉

Mature Height: 3 to 6 inches with flower stems

Mature Width: 12 inches

Sunlight: Full

Growth Rate: Slow

Botanical Name: Droseraceae

Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces.

Found mostly in bogs and seeps, sundew plants require extremely bright light in order to thrive. For most growers this means a sunny south-facing windowsill that gets between 4 and 8 hours of direct sun per day. Drosera Sundew plants also do well outdoors in bog planters, or under fluorescent or LED lights indoors. Sundews mostly prefer to be watered with the tray method, which is when their pots are kept in an inch or so of standing water at all times, to simulate the wet conditions of a bog. They also enjoy undrained ceramic or plastic containers