Bog Garden Placement: Forked Sundew Pruning & Flytrap Flooding Tolerance

Daniel in Walnut Cove, NC (Zone 7) clipped all foliage on new forked sundews after a cold snap (tips black). Flytrap sits in a damp but flood-prone bog section (drains in ~1 day).

Sundew Pruning: Good Call

• Fork-leaf sundews (D. binata types) die back to roots in winter; clipping prevents mold.
• Unlike D. filiformis/intermedia (hibernacula), they regrow from roots in spring.
• Trim all temperate CPs for hygiene; only leave pitchers on S. purpurea/psittacina.

Flytrap Flooding

Short floods (1 day) are okay; prolonged waterlogging causes root rot. Move to higher ground before spring. Many potted VFT losses in Oregon winter come from sitting in deep water.