PlantWerkz: Papyrus Plant -Cyperus Papyrus

Papyrus in a Pot

Common Name: Papyrus
Scientific Name: Cyperus Papyrus
Height: 2-3 m Span: 0.5 m
Growth Rate: Slow Growing
Sun Tolerance: Shade, Full Sun
ABP Index: 3.5 (Aesthetics 4.0, Solidarity 3.0)
The Papyrus was once abundant in the Nile, Egypt and used by the Egyptians to make paper as far back as 3,000 BC. This wetland sedge can grow 2-3 meter tall and can form dense populations lining water bodies.

The Papyrus grows bright green, smooth, rounded culms (flowering stems) that extends 2-3 meter and tops it with a dense, feathery cluster of stalks. Bunches of Papyrus form a cloud-like crown while a small cluster of Papyrus breaks out of the outline of the landscape with its unique structure.

Red-brown, papery scales (actually leaves) form at the base and top of the culms, below the cluster of stalks. These leaves have beautiful gradients of red-brown color to yellow and smelts into the bright green color of the culms.

An architectural must for every water feature.