Drosera capensis

Description

Sundews are the perfect beginner for anyone interested in carnivorous plants! Cape sundews, native to the Cape of South Africa, are hardy, low maintenance, and perfect windowsill companions. They are also excellent at helping combat fungus gnats and fruit flies, which are attracted to the nectar the leaves exude.

The three most important aspects of carnivorous plant care are light, soil, and water. Sundews do extremely well in bright, sunny windowsills, and even better outdoors in the summer. Sundews have adapted to low-nutrient, boggy environments, and most regular potting soil will kill them. We keep ours in a 50-50 ratio of unfertilized peat and perlite.

Carnivorous plants should be kept in a shallow tray of reverse osmosis, distilled, or rainwater at all times. Water that is too high in dissolved solids will eventually kill them as salts build up in the soil and burn the roots.