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Ok here is one picture I took this morning. There are more to come so stay tuned.

Wow, what's the story behind this? Species?

David F wrote:Wow, what's the story behind this? Species?

Here is the story. My girlfriend and I were driving to her mom's house. Right before we got there I saw this flash of red in the ditch and my mind automatically thought "sundews". I slammed on the brakes and jumped out. There was this big patch of D. capillaris right in the ditch. I couldn't believe it. I got back in my car and drove the rest of the way seeing more patches all along in the ditches. I had to go in because I had brought pizza. That was the fastest I've ever eaten pizza. I wanted to go explore. I went straight out to her front ditch to find more but when I got there I found her ditch filled with P. pumila instead. That's when I realized her whole neighborhood is full of CPs. I started exploring. I found a couple D. brevifolia. Then the pretty little yellow flowers of U. subulata appeared before me. It was evening and the light was fading fast so I decided to come back later this weekend to get pictures. I noticed that all the sundews had flowers on them but they were closed. I've read D. capillaris flowers only open in the early morning so that's when I had to be here. This morning I got up and drove the 5 minutes it takes to get to there from my house. Yes I said this is all 5 minutes from my house. And I began taking some pictures. Here are some of those pictures. I hope y'all enjoy.

Well that certainly is a surprise! I know I'll never encounter that up here in Oregon though. CPs pretty much only grow up in the mountains (and a few by the coast) here.

How cool! And maybe it's a genetic advantage that most Drosera grow low enough to the ground to avoid lawnmower blades?

Matt wrote:How cool! And maybe it's a genetic advantage that most Drosera grow low enough to the ground to avoid lawnmower blades?

Haha very true.

wow, that is a great find!

It seems out of place. Are you certain no one put some there and nature took her course ?

All so beautiful. I'm jealous to say the least.

It's great to see such a thriving population of P. pumila. Protect that land!

If only there was a way to replace an entire lawn with these sundews.

roarke wrote:It seems out of place. Are you certain no one put some there and nature took her course ?

I'm certain it is natural. This neighborhood is along the same creek that runs through the Big Thicket preserve where all these plants grow. This neighborhood had a good deal of flooding from the creek in the past year. So I'm sure the seeds were washed downstream.

That's an amazing neighborhood!

Benurmanii wrote:It's great to see such a thriving population of P. pumila. Protect that land!

Yeah I told her mom she can't mow until all the flowers have released all their seed. And I've educated a few of the neighbors as to what they have growing and asked if they would hold off on mowing as well.

That's way cool Kat!

You are in US planting zone 9, just under zone 8. You are in the hardiness zone like me. That's right in the pocket for carnivorous plants outside.