Drosera capensis ‘Alba’ – The Ghostly White Cape Sundew 🤍✨🪰

🌱 Beginner-Friendly "Drama-free plant energy"

Meet Drosera capensis ‘Alba’, the elegant, ethereal cousin of the classic Cape Sundew. Unlike its ruby-red relatives, this stunning form features lime-green leaves adorned with crystal-clear dew droplets and snowy white tentacles, creating a soft, luminous appearance that seems to glow in the light.

The result is pure magic. Every leaf sparkles like it has been dusted with diamonds, while quietly serving as an effective insect trap for fungus gnats, fruit flies, and other tiny pests. Despite its delicate appearance, Drosera capensis 'Alba' is one of the easiest carnivorous plants to grow, making it an excellent choice for beginners and seasoned collectors alike.

Elegant. Enchanting. A little bit spooky.

⚠️ Important Shipping Callout
📦 This plant ships BARE ROOT. Pot is NOT included.
Bareroot shipping helps protect the plant during transit and ensures it arrives healthy and ready to pot into your favorite container.

Reminder to Order a Heat Pack if Cold
Cold weather shipping reminder ❄️
If temperatures in your area drop below 40°F, we strongly recommend adding a heat pack to help your sundew arrive happy, healthy, and full of sparkle.

Flower Color
Pure white to very pale blush

Plant Characteristics
• Rare white form of the classic Cape Sundew
• Crystal-clear dew production
• Pale green foliage with white tentacles
• Excellent natural fungus gnat control
• One of the easiest carnivorous plants to grow

Water:
• Use ONLY distilled, rain, or reverse osmosis water
• Keep soil consistently moist
• Tray watering method recommended

Feeding:
• Catches its own insects
• No fertilizer required
• Optional occasional feeding indoors if insect activity is limited

• Carnivorous plant soil mix
• Sphagnum peat moss with perlite or silica sand
🚫 Never use fertilizer soil, compost, or standard potting mixes

Drosera capensis 'Alba' is remarkably adaptable and forgiving. It tolerates a wide range of indoor growing conditions and rebounds quickly from minor stress. It is not frost-hardy and should be protected from freezing temperatures.

Dormancy:

Growing Zones (unless Indoors):

• 9b
• 9a
• 10b
• 11b
• 10a
• 11a

Native Area:

Cultivated form derived from South African species

• Leaf cuttings
• Root cuttings
• Seed

Fast, reliable, and wonderfully generous — one plant can quickly become many.

• Indoors

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