Crown of Pharaoh papyrus
Cyperus papyrus 'Crown of Pharaoh'
USDA zones9 to 12
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterNeeds moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Crown of Pharaoh' papyrus (Cyperus papyrus 'Crown of Pharaoh') is an annual for containers and rain gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and moist, loamy or clay soil. It forms a clumping mound and grows at a rapid rate. It blooms from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Taro, Calla lily, and Evergold sedge.