The most popular of all carnivorous plants with its jaw like traps waiting to spring shut on any unsuspecting small insect. Only water with rainwater and keep the plants in a cool position during the Winter months. Always remove the flowers in the spring as these can weaken the plant. These plants are mature and sent out ready potted in 9cm pots. Flytraps do well on a sunny windowsill or frostfree greenhouse.Stand the plant in a large saucer of rainwater from March to Sept allways watering from the saucer,pinch out any flower buds before they form as these can weaken the plants.Never make the traps shut artificially or force feed the plants . During the Winter months the plants will go into dormancy,if growing indoors move the plants to a much cooler position at this time,keep the compost just damp rather than wet and remove any dead foliage.Plants can be repotted in our com 1 Feb-March time when they will come back into full growth. Remember these plants loose most of their foliage over winter.
