Please can anyone tell me what plant this is ? I was given it by mysister who has moved into a new house and this grew in summer I admired it and so she gave me one Help
I think they're ok in sheltered urban gardens. The 'flowers' are pretty insignificant - pretty much what you already see, although some varieties might be more flowery looking. It's really a foliage plant
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Don't think it's hardy - I've only ever seen it grown as a house plant.
Those little green knobbly things are the flowers.
If you cut a stem off and put the leafy palm-tree like bit upside down in some water it'll grow some baby plants - that's what we did with them when we were children.
We called it Umbrella grass
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello. I grow this out in Spain. The temperature can drop well below freezing here and it does go brown so in the spring before it starts growing I cut it all back to the ground with my hedge trimmer and it comes up again like grass. My mother also lives here but in a more sheltered spot and her plants never get to this point. I take cuttings as Dove says just in case.
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It's a cyperus but I don't know which one
In the sticks near Peterborough
cyperus alternifolius would be my guess.
Thanks for that now could you tell me please is it hardy and will it have anykind of colourful flower on next year??
Thank you for your replys have been trying to find the identity all summer long
I think they're ok in sheltered urban gardens. The 'flowers' are pretty insignificant - pretty much what you already see, although some varieties might be more flowery looking. It's really a foliage plant
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Don't think it's hardy - I've only ever seen it grown as a house plant.
Those little green knobbly things are the flowers.
If you cut a stem off and put the leafy palm-tree like bit upside down in some water it'll grow some baby plants - that's what we did with them when we were children.
We called it Umbrella grass
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks everyone for your help
I've known some keep it in a pond and the top dies off completely but comes back in Spring.
I grow mine standing in water in the ( unheated) conservatory . I'd not leave one out over winter, even under water.
I kept one for years, either that or it kept seeding. I think it may have been Cyperus vegetus.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hello. I grow this out in Spain. The temperature can drop well below freezing here and it does go brown so in the spring before it starts growing I cut it all back to the ground with my hedge trimmer and it comes up again like grass. My mother also lives here but in a more sheltered spot and her plants never get to this point. I take cuttings as Dove says just in case.