Cyperus eragrostis
American Galingale
Original:Marginal plant. Damp soil, bog garden or shallow water. Flowers late summer to mid-autumn. New:Papyrus is a frost tender African native plant. It is upright and very slow growing. The stalks are tall and hollow, with thin grass type leaves growing out of the top of them. Green/brown flower clusters appear in Summer. This plant thrives as an aquatic marginal, or in a bog garden
Contributed by @chrisf
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and rich
Common name
American Galingale
Latin name
Cyperus eragrostis
type
aquatic marginal perennial
family
Cyperaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.70 M
3.00 M
Cyperus eragrostis
Original:Marginal plant. Damp soil, bog garden or shallow water. Flowers late summer to mid-autumn. New:Papyrus is a frost tender African native plant. It is upright and very slow growing. The stalks are tall and hollow, with thin grass type leaves growing out of the top of them. Green/brown flower clusters appear in Summer. This plant thrives as an aquatic marginal, or in a bog garden
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Red/brown clusters in summer.
Planting Outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
In mid-spring set out container grown plants in boggy soil.
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chrisf
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