TEMPERATE BUTTERWORTS CARE SHEET

PINGUICULA PRIMULIFLORA


WATER: DO NOT USE TAP WATER. It will kill the plant. Use reverse osmosis, distilled or rainwater. A gallon will last nearly a month for one tray depending on where you keep the plant and temperature (evaporation rate). Likes to be permanently wet, with overhead watering. Recommended chilly water.

SOIL: Recommended 50% peat moss, 50% sand, perlite.

LIGHT: Partly sunny or very bright light. Don’t roast in the summer months.

DORMANCY: Usually survive light winter frost but are best protected from severe cold and have usually slow or stop growth in winter.

FERTILIZER: Temperate butterworts if grown outside or in a bog garden, fertilizing is not necessary.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

  • We recommend seeking more information on the web. Visit the website of the International Carnivorous Plant Society (www.carnivorousplants.org) for more tips on how to grow your plant.