WINTER: Please note temperate plants are dormant and will not look the same as pictured. Do not forget a heatpack if your temps are low! Especially for tropicals!



Carnivorous Plant Care Guides — venus flytrap

Dionaea muscipula (Venus Flytrap) Care

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Water: Distilled, Reverse Osmosis, Rain or water with TDS under 100. Keep media moist, the pot can sit in water so as to need little maintenance. Light: High light, these plants should receive around 6-8 hours of direct sunlight. Most cultivars will redden up inside the traps. Temp: These plants are temperate, they stay outside during winter time as long as temps are over 25F. During winter they will go dormant, if you live in a harsh frozen zone, put them in a covered area such as a basement and bring them back out when it warms up a little....

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