pbs Digest, Vol 51, Issue 33
Huegelc55@aol.com (Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:44:55 PDT)

In a message dated 4/29/2007 12:01:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org writes:

Lee Poulsen asked about Dionaea muscipula.

Yes, it's easily grown in wet, acidic sand in full sunlight. The more sun
the better. It's winter hardy here in Maryland, but not at all competitive.
So be careful what you plant near it. Mine were soon overwhelmed by sphagnum
moss.

I am responding to the above discussion on Venus Fly Traps - I have seen
them growing wild in the Appalachicola State Forest here in FL and they prefer
open sunny locations with moist acidic soils, not too different than where you
would find pitcher plants. They die back during the winter months and come
back up in the spring. I don't know if they need a winter dormancy, like our
pitcher plants seem to need in order to thrive long term or how much cold
they can handle - but we get some solid freezes each winter that far north.

Craig Huegel, Zone 9 (the new 10), west-central FL

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