Sarracenia require 3-4 months of winter dormancy triggered by cold temperatures (below 50°F or 10°C) and shorter daylight hours. As your plants enter dormancy, they will stop growing altogether. Some plants will retain their pitchers into winter, but many leaves will turn brown.

Do pitcher plants need to go dormant?

Pitcher plant dormancy requires the chilling period and then warm temperatures that signal it to break dormancy. The chilling requirement is important for all species of Sarracenia to signal when it is time to begin growing again. ... Potted species of S. purpurea can stay outdoors in a sheltered location.

Should I mist my Sarracenia?

What is this? Don't spray the water from the top, as the plant will drink the water from the soil. The water that you give your American pitcher plants should be free from minerals. This is because these plants live in nutritionally poor soil in the wild and catch food to compensate for lacking nutrition.