How to prune pygmy sundew

Any time dead leaves appear. Use fine-tipped tweezers or small scissors to remove dead outer leaves at their base without disturbing the central rosette or gemmae (the vegetative buds produced in winter).

Rarely — remove dead material only as it appears. Pygmy Sundew is a tiny rosette-forming carnivorous plant that needs virtually no pruning. Simply remove blackened or dead outer leaves as they die back. Do not trim the sticky dew-covered trap leaves — the plant's entire above-ground structure is functional. This species is too small for conventional pruning.

Use fine-tipped tweezers or small scissors to remove dead outer leaves at their base without disturbing the central rosette or gemmae (the vegetative buds produced in winter).