What it is: This listing is Princess Alice's sundew, Drosera aliciae (synonym Drosera curviscapa), a South African species. The Royal Horticultural Society describes a dense, clumping rosette of small spoon-shaped sticky leaves that can take on an orange to reddish hue in high light, with deep-pink flowers in summer.

Light: Give it full sun, or bright light with shade from hot midday sun (Royal Horticultural Society). A grow bulb helps in our dark winters. Use a nutrient-poor peat-and-sand or specialist carnivorous mix; do not use ordinary fertilized potting soil (NC State Extension).

Watering & care: In the growing season, keep the mix continually moist to wet by standing the pot in a tray of rainwater or reverse-osmosis water (Royal Horticultural Society). In winter, keep it just moist and do not stand the pot in water (Royal Horticultural Society). Do not use tap water.

Humidity: A humidifier helps in our dry indoor winter air, especially when indoor heating is on.

Temperature: Treat it as a houseplant or conservatory plant here. The Royal Horticultural Society rates several of these sundews H3 in the UK, but still recommends growing them under glass in frost-prone areas. That is not a promise of outdoor winter survival in Alberta. Keep it off cold glass.

Winter indoors: Keep the mix just moist in winter, and do not stand the pot in water (Royal Horticultural Society). Minimum temperatures should be no lower than 10 °C (50 °F); in lower temperatures the plant may die back to the roots and sometimes returns in spring (Royal Horticultural Society). Keep it bright and frost-free, or under a grow bulb.

Expected indoor size: The Royal Horticultural Society describes a dense basal rosette that, when mature, often forms a mound about 1.5–4 cm (about ½–1½ inches) high, with a maximum height of up to 10 cm (about 4 inches) and a spread of 0.1–0.5 m (about 4 to 20 inches), reached in about 1–2 years. Leaves are about 25 mm long. A potted plant is often a tight rosette.

Feeding: Do not apply fertilizer at any time of year (Royal Horticultural Society). NC State Extension also says not to fertilize sundews.

Pets & pests: We do not have an ASPCA listing for sundews, so we are not calling them pet-safe. It is still a plant, not a snack. The Royal Horticultural Society generally lists these as pest- and disease-free.

About your plant: Every plant is a little different. Size, fullness and leaf count vary from plant to plant and change with age and light, so we can't promise a particular trap or pitcher size, leaf count or colour. The options listed (3.5") refer to the pot or container size. They do not guarantee an exact trap or pitcher size, leaf count or colour. Photos show typical plants from our greenhouse, not the specific plant you will receive. The shared gallery image shows other Carnivorous Plants as inspiration. Our existing listing noted that this plant can help with fungus gnats, ants and fruit flies. These plants do trap small insects as food; that is not a promise they will clear a pest problem.