Drosera hamiltonii

Drosera hamiltoniiEase to Grow: Easy Dormancy: No Native Range: Sandy peat wetlands of coastal southwestern Australia Zones: 10 (9 11) The Rosy Sundew, Drosera hamiltonii, is a compact Australian sundew with beautiful maroon and green, strap shaped leaves, densely covered with fine pink tipped tentacles, and arranged in a tight rosette. New leaves unfurl like a carpet being rolled out. In prime conditions the leaves sparkle with heavy silvery dew, but it is common to

lilac-pink in color with a golden blotch

It is a low growing plant with large gaping traps on short petioles

and up to 8"

Parental Native Range: Florida and Hong Kong

leucophylla x jonesii hybrid would be deep red

Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

Alpine Butterwort

collection or tall terrarium

It can grow quite large

including over 1

tokaiensis is a naturally occurring hybrid of D

Mammoth produces many traps in a tight cluster