Drosera rotundifolia ~ Sundews, Carnivorous Plants

Drosera rotundifolia, or the Round-leaf sundew, is a very widespread temperate species found all accross the United States/Canada as well as Europe and Northern Asia. I purhcased my plant from Cook's Carnivores, and it has very weak dormancy requirements. However, they likely need a chilling/cooling (vernalization) period if you want them to flower. Leaf cuttings work extremely well! Feed D. rotundifolia if you want it to produce larger, healthy growth and flower. Check out this page about feeding your sundews: http://www.growsundews.com/feeding_sundews.html

Sometimes, it seems I'm unable to convey the true shape/size of each sundew species using only pictures, so I hope the "video tour" gives you a better understanding about this sundew.

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[acarnivorous]

|"Thanks for your great comment," and very good point, I have found them to need some rest but I'm only on my 4th years of growning them! I do try to read up on all my plants and know their needs and have good friends that know their stuff, right Aaron?, but in this hobby sometimes and I mean only sometimes, the rules can be changed alittle! Some of the these sites are just a little too textbook, without the true testing, and that is were my hobby has lead me, and I'm having a good time!

[guzotak]

@acarnivorous Well, dormancy should be a lot harsher IMO. This plant grows here, in Bulgaria, whereas the temperatures drop below -5 C in the winter. It freezes, rots away and grows back in the spring.

[acarnivorous]

Lovingmine, and great you have put all this good info. so as to know where to place them, or dormancy for as you know I have a good system for these guys! Thanks just love this posting you are helping us all with!

[WireMan7620]

I'm hoping mine comes out of dormancy unharmed. All the leaves have died back and the hiberaculum is far from green. If it's found in Norther Europe it should be fine though.