Wondering How Big Can a Venus Flytrap Get? Here’s the World’s Largest & Sizes of Others

Venus Flytraps made quite an impression on the gardening world. Enthusiasts such as Thomas Jefferson grew them at Monticello, and in Europe, Napolean’s wife, Empress Josephine, collected and grew them at her chateau near Paris.

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Today, strip malls, highways, golf courses, and housing developments have encroached on the only areas where these fascinating plants grow.

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World’s Biggest Venus Flytrap & Other Varieties

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Dionaea muscipula ‘Alien’

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Dionaea muscipula ‘DC XL’

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Dionaea muscipula ‘Ginormous’

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Dionaea muscipula ‘B-52’

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