🌱 Beginner-Friendly "Drama-free plant energy"

A paddle-leaved bug catcher that thrives half in, half out of the water — and one of the most cold-hardy sundews you can grow.

Meet Drosera Intermedia, better known as the Spoonleaf Sundew (also called the Narrow-Leaved, Oblong-Leaved, or Water Sundew). It's one of the most widely distributed sundews on Earth, native to bogs, fens, and wet sandy shorelines across Europe, eastern North America, Cuba, and northern South America — and one of only three sundew species native to Europe at all. In the wild it often grows right at the waterline, with slender, spoon-shaped leaves reaching up out of the muck like a tiny dewy hand.

☀️ Sun-Loving, Bog-Dwelling – Give it bright, direct light and its leaves flush with sparkling, sticky dew. Partial shade still works, just with fewer sparkles and a floppier look.

💦 Wet Feet, Happy Plant – Sits in a tray of standing water like its swampy cousins, and can even shrug off brief flooding. Distilled, rain, or RO water only — tap water minerals are a dealbreaker.

🥶 The Cold-Hardy Sundew – Hardy down to USDA Zone 4, Intermedia is one of the toughest sundews around. Outdoors, it naturally forms winter resting buds called hibernacula and goes dormant through the cold months; indoors, keep it above ~50°F and it'll stay awake and hunting year-round.

🥰 Tiny but Effective – Those glistening paddle leaves snag fungus gnats, fruit flies, and gnats without you lifting a finger.

Perfect for bog terrariums, windowsill trays, or anyone who wants a compact sundew that isn't just another rosette. Easy to grow and a little different from the sundew everyone already has.

✨🌿 Grab one today — because your terrarium could use a bog dweller with better posture.

Use only distilled, rain, or reverse-osmosis water

Sits happily in a tray of standing water — likes wetter feet than most sundews

No fertilizer needed — feeds on insects it catches with sticky dew

Nutrient-free mix: 1:1 peat moss and perlite or silica sand

Avoid composts or standard potting soil

Temperate populations naturally form winter resting buds (hibernacula) and benefit from a true dormancy period below ~40°F; tropical forms from Cuba and South America stay evergreen without one

Grows best between 60–85°F during active growing season

One of the most cold-hardy sundews in cultivation — tolerates real winters down to USDA Zone 4

Dormancy:

• Winter

Growing Zones (unless Indoors):

• 4a
• 4b
• 5a
• 5b
• 6a
• 6b
• 7a
• 7b
• 8a
• 8b
• 9a
• 9b

Native Area:

Bogs, fens, and wet sandy shorelines across Europe, eastern North America, Cuba, Hispaniola, and northern South America — one of only three sundew species native to Europe, and one of the most widespread Drosera species in the world

Self-seeds readily (expect baby sundews!)

Leaf cuttings root easily in moist peat/perlite mix

Can also be propagated by seed or by dividing offsets

• Indoors
• Outdoors

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