Venus Fly Trap Plants

My mom wants me to grow one for her, do they actually work in eating flies??

If so are they easy to grow from seed

 

Have not tried growing from seed, but garden centres etc have an abundance of them. This would indicate that people find them difficult to look after.
However I have grown them for a number of years, yes they do eat flies etc but not many; so they will not solve a fly problem. They are interesting to look at but you must not trigger the traps more than occasionally.
Most importantly they need rainwater not tap water, distilled or deionised water will do and at a push boiled and cooled tap water can be used for a short time. They need to be kept in damp conditions and frost free over winter. I use a mixture of peat, moss with some horticultural grit.
Pitcher plants, like Sarrecenia, will catch more insects but are bigger.

 

Thank you for the information much appreciated

 

Hi Kimberley, from what I have seen so far they are not the easiest plants to keep alive. whether it has anything to do with the balance between eaten flies and water I don't know...

 

I'd not mess around with seed, although it is possible, it would take a couple of years to get something of any size.
They are not difficult if you bear in mind they need very good light, even full sun and acidic boggy conditions.
They wont cure a fly problem as Nigel says, but they are interesting plants.

 

Going to buy her fly tape instead ha ha less hassle. .she just hates flies