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Plant Addicts guarantees your plant(s) will arrive happy and healthy, but the plant(s) are being shipped through the mail and accidents happen. Plant Addict Guarantee (Included On All Plant Orders) Dividing the root is easy, a sharp knife and judicious division of the root ball will yield several viable plants for the next season, although it will reduce some of the plants vigor. If you would like to preserve your papyrus from one season to another in cold regions, move the container into a warm well-lit room in the house.
Allow 36 to 48 inches of space between plantings to give it plenty of room. Growing up to 48 to 72 inches tall and 36 to 48 inches tall, papyrus can quickly take over a small space. Graceful Grasses King Tut Egyptian Papyrus Spacing Do not fertilize in the winter either. Last, try to keep the plant between 60 and 65 degrees for the best chances of survival. The plants will need to maintain quite a bit of moisture, so we recommend the container has great drainage but sits on top of a 2nd container (like a small kids pool) that is filled with water so the moisture remains constant for the plant. To overwinter the plants, make sure they get a lot of sunlight from a south facing window or a grow light. And the plants still go dormant in the winter, so its a lot of work without a lot of reward (besides not having to buy them each year, which is really nice). You can overwinter the plants, but it takes quite a bit of care and work to do so. In its native habitat it can form dense mats and serves as a water purifier.
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In the water garden papyrus can form free floating clumps adding to its appeal as a specimen plant. Old spikelets will dry out adding visual interest, and new ones will appear quickly.
No deadheading or pruning is needed as this plant keeps its shape gracefully. Papyrus makes an incredible specimen plant in a fancy decorated ceramic pot. If planted in containers, use ones without holes for drainage to retain as much water as possible. Do not allow it to freeze as that will spell the end of your papyrus. In fact, it performs best in just inches of water. Plant it in the water garden, being careful not to submerge the entire crown of the root in the water. Water, water, water! This plant loves water, in fact, it thrives in bog and water gardens with proper placement and care. Graceful Grasses King Tut Egyptian Papyrus Care Papyrus is a versatile annual in areas of the country where winter temperatures fall below 35 degrees and a tender perennial in areas that have warmer than normal winters, dying back to the ground and reappearing in spring. In Zones 3-9 treat it like an annual, as it's fast growing habit won’t make you wait long for its tall lacy spikelets to appear. Native to Africa, this heat loving, moisture loving grass-like perennial thrives in Zone 10a through 11b. Sometimes called Niles grass or paper reed, papyrus has been used for millennia as a source for paper-like writing material. With triangular green stems and pendulous umbels of greenish flower spikelets, papyrus is a showy bog or water garden feature and can be planted out in very moist areas of your garden that do not support other plants.
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