The plant: Several years back I went on a tour featuring horticulture businesses in the Valley. We stopped at the “office” of award-winning interior plant designer Ray Brooks, known as the boojum tree ...
In ancient times, Cyperus Papyrus, commonly known as Papyrus, grew along the Nile River. The Egyptians had many uses for the plant, including making baskets, furniture, boats, and ropes. Also known as ...
Imagine hot summer nights along the Nile. That great river's edges are lined with thickets of papyrus, a bullrush of singular beauty that has become inextricable from the aesthetic of ancient Egypt.
With its tufted foliage that looks like fireworks, papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) is a plant beloved by many. Suitable to grow outside in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11, papyrus can reach 10 feet tall, ...
Q: My landlord and I have spent three years developing a small garden. After completing a pond and waterfall two years ago, we became enthralled by a papyrus plant we discovered at a local nursery and ...
I have a plant I planted in a pot that I need help identifying. It grows like a reed with dark green stems that are hollow in the middle. The stems are kind of three sided and topped with a thick ...