The exotic-looking King Tut plant (Cyperus papyrus “King Tut”) makes a striking centerpiece in your backyard or on a patio. 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. Prince Tut will also do well when planted in normal garden beds. The crown of the plant should never be covered in water and in fact both of these varieties can thrive in water as shallow as a few inches. The plant can be planted in pots, along the waters edge of a pond, or even in a pond. The starchy rhizomes and culms are edible, both raw and cooked, and the buoyant stems were used for making small boats. Each stem is topped with feather-duster-like growth. Papyrus is a sedge that naturally grows in shallow water and wet soils. The plant may go dormant during the winter, but it will resume normal growth when the weather warms in spring. Papyrus is most likely to survive the winter if room temperatures are maintained between 60 and 65 F.
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