What it is: This listing is sold as a 'Flexx' Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). We have not found a published cultivar profile for 'Flexx' on the sources used here, so care follows the species.

Light: Give it full sun to partial shade (NC State Extension). Indoors, that means your brightest window, and a grow bulb helps in our dark winters — N.C. Cooperative Extension notes that year-round indoor growth needs strong light. Use whole-fiber sphagnum moss, or equal parts peat moss and coarse vermiculite or sharp sand (NC State Extension). Do not use ordinary garden soil.

Watering & care: Do not allow the mix to dry out. Water only with rainwater or distilled water; treated (chlorinated) water or hard water can kill the plant (NC State Extension).

Humidity: NC State Extension describes a need for high humidity. A humidifier is a better choice than a pebble tray in our dry indoor winter air.

Temperature: NC State Extension lists USDA zones 7 to 10, or 5 and 6 with winter protection. That is not a promise of outdoor winter survival here. Treat it as a houseplant or a carefully protected summer pot, and keep it off cold glass.

Winter indoors: Outdoors, Venus flytraps naturally rest in winter. N.C. Cooperative Extension notes that dormancy is triggered mainly by shortening days, with cooler temperatures of about 2–10 °C (35–50 °F) as a supporting cue, and that a windowsill plant often slows as winter light drops. If you give it a rest, keep the mix just barely moist and stop feeding; a reasonable rest is at least about 10 weeks in that cool range (N.C. Cooperative Extension). Plants grown indoors under strong artificial light, and fed regularly, can stay in growth instead. Our existing listings often expected dormancy from November to March, which is a typical windowsill pattern, not a requirement for every indoor plant.

Expected indoor size: NC State Extension lists a height of 6 to 12 inches and a width of 6 to 8 inches, with leaves about 2 to 5 inches long in a low rosette of up to about 8 leaves. Flower stalks can reach about 4 to 12 inches. A potted plant is often in this range.

Feeding: Do not fertilize the plant (NC State Extension). It gets nutrients from prey it catches; do not feed it meat or food scraps.

Pets & pests: The ASPCA lists Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses. NC State Extension also tags it as non-toxic for cats, dogs and horses. It is still a plant, not a snack. Watch for aphids, spider mites and black spot (NC State Extension).

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 (2-1/2") 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 described this as a smaller flytrap with shorter stems and shorter teeth, colouring up redder in more sun, and typically entering dormancy from November to March. We have left that sold-as note, and added the dormancy guidance from the sources below.