How to prune straight-leaved butterwort

Any time — tidy dead leaves as they appear. Carefully peel or lift dead, fully browned leaves away from the rosette base using clean fingers or fine tweezers. Do not use scissors on living rosette leaves.

As needed. Pinguicula rectifolia requires almost no pruning. Remove fully dead or dried leaves by peeling them gently from the rosette base. The plant cycles between a succulent winter rosette and a carnivorous summer rosette — never trim living leaves during either phase, as both forms are normal and functional.

Carefully peel or lift dead, fully browned leaves away from the rosette base using clean fingers or fine tweezers. Do not use scissors on living rosette leaves.