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I'm looking for some sundews to grow that wrap around the insects when it catches them. I'd like to know which plants have the most movement in wrapping up there prey. I know Cape sundew plants do and I've heard a few others do that also. Could you guys chime in and let me know which ones do this and what are some cool ones to have

Drosera capensis is a large and very easy to grow Sundew.
It has my vote for #1.

Drosera regia can tie itself in knots around prey but it is expensive and not a beginner's plant.

There are several Sundews that are native to Minnesota. They are Drosera rotundifolia, the Round Leaf Sundew and D. intermedia. You could grow them outside year-round although they are not as easy to grow as Cape Sundews. their leaves wrap around captured bugs nicely.

There are a large variety of Sub-Tropical Sundews that wrap around prey. They vary in cost and availability. D. spatulata has many varieties and is a beginner plant. D. aliciae, D. natalensis, D. venusta are all active plants that are pretty common.

Drosera burmannii has fast acting tentacles and leaves but it is an Annual. It grows one year, more or less, flowers, sets seed and dies.

Another good website for Sundew information is: http://www.growsundews.com .

I've read that Drosera x hybrida will do the wrap around. I've tried growing it several times but it always rots on me in the spring.

Huntsmanshorn wrote:I've read that Drosera x hybrida will do the wrap around. I've tried growing it several times but it always rots on me in the spring.

Really? Curious if those are from cuttings or from seeds originally? I have some Hybrida seeds I picked up that are from a reliable source of a self fertile Hybrida and just wondering. Going through cold stratification right now.

They were from cuttings I'm sure. I don't remember the vendor for certain but it was probably the one in Junction City, Oregon that starts with a "C". I never tried (yet) the supposedly self fertile hybrida, only the "regular" type from New Jersey.