THE LURE: The leaves of Sundews are covered in mobile tentacles, each with a globule of sticky glue on the end. These glisten seductively in the sun, looking to a hungry insect, like nectar. THE TRAP: As soon as they land they are caught on the glue and the more they struggle, the more stuck they become. Then phase two is put into operation and the tentacles actually move, particularly those at the edge of the leaf, curling around the victim and moving it towards the centre of the leaf. This is very obvious in the Cape Sundew. The unfortunate prey will either suffocate as it is covered in glue, or if it is very unlucky, will die a slow death of starvation and exhaustion if only its legs are caught. THE MEAL: Once caught glands secret digestive juices to dissolve and then absorb the soft parts of the victim. The leave can be literally drooling during this process.
A very popular rosette forming sundew. It forms a good clump, has large pale pink flowers and doesn't even mind a light frost. A pretty windowsill plant. A good way of regenerating these plants is to completely chop the tops off down to ground level over winter. Sounds brutal, but it works.Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.Compost:3:1 peat: sandSENT POTTED
A vigorous fork leaved sundew that is fairly contained. It grows more upright than some. It has T shaped leaves and white flowers. Herbaceous. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.May die right back in winter. Compost:3:1 peat: sand SENT POTTED
The easiest of all carnivorous plants, and certainly very attractive. Long sting cerise flowers stand above a clump of glistening green leaves with red gland stalks. It is very good at catching smaller flies such as midges and mosquitoes, up to small houseflies. Can be grown outside in summer. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. May die right back in winter. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.Compost:3:1 peat: sand
This is the green/white form of Drosera capensis - both leaf stalk and tentacles are green and the flowers are white. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. May die right back in winter. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.Compost:3:1 peat: sand 5 Dcapr Drosera capensis - red form Cape Sundew red form Sent Potted A distinct form with dark red leaves and red tentacles. Very attractive. It can lose some of the redness after re-potting, as do many carnivorous plants. Lovely in the sun. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.Compost:3:1 peat: sandSENT POTTED
These long, branched tentacles form a deadly web of sticky glue. One of the largest fork-leafed sundews. Remains fairly upright. Excellent for daddy long legs and houseflies. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. May die right back in winter. Keep frost free in winter, and keep just damp. Ideal for a hanging basket. Compost:3:1 peat: sandSENT POTTED
This distinctive sundew has long, upright, thread like leaves around 15cm tall. These leaves are a pale green in colour. The flowers are typical pink Drosera flowers - quite large.In winter the plant dies back to a largeresting bud. Hardy, and keep well ventilated, but it may help to protect from drying winds.Hardy. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. Compost:3:1 peat: sand
A hardy hybrid (filiformis x intermedia) producing and attractive whorl similar to intermedia but with longer leaves. Dies back to a winter resting bud.
A pretty rosette sundew. Easy to grow and very free flowering with a pale pink flower. The rosette is quite compact and not as large as D. aliciae. Sunny position. Stand in 2cm rainwater in growing season. Keep frost free in winter (doesn't mind light frost), and keep just damp.Compost:3:1 peat: sand SENT POTTED
A hardy plant with spoon-shaped leaves up to 4cm. White flowers. Found on the moors in the UK. Best grown outside, especially in winter, when it will die back to a resting bud. Sunny position. Best grown outdoors. Ideal foroutdoor bog garden. Stand in water. Compost:3:1 coarse peat: sand.SENT POTTED
11-10-2009 Postal Strikes
In view of the recent strike action, all orders to UK excluding the Scottish Highlands, NI,etc, of £19.99 and over will be sent via Parcelforce 24 service. Other orders will be sent Royal Mail 1st Class but we will only post if services are normal for your postcode. We will keep you informed if there will be a delay and will only be posting Mon - Wed. Thank you for your patience. Luckily carnivorous plants travel very well!