Stunning Umbrella Grass (Cyperus alternifolius) for Sale - Enhance Your Garden Today!
- Common name:
- Umbrella Grass, Umbrella Plant
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Umbrella Plant
- Category:
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Bamboos Grasses & Grass like plants, Shrubs, Water & Aquatic Plants
- Family:
- Cyperaceae or Papyrus family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Good for Cut foliage
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Suitable for road median planting
- Good on seaside
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - A Native of Madagascar.
- On of the most widely grown garden plants.
- Curiously it is rarely grown as an aquatic plant. It loves water.
- Stems up to 1 to 1.2 m high.
- Crowned by numerous narrow radiating leaves.
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Growing tips:
- - Very quick growing.
- Forms clumps whose size depends on the container. Useful plant in a 5 inch pot to a 50 cms pot to ground planting.
- There is a variegated form too.
