Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus

1 Gallon Pot 

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Exposure

• Part Sun to Sun

Flower Season

• Spring
• Summer

Mature Size

Height: 18" - 2'

Spread: 18" - 2'

Occasionally we trim plants that are intended for the landscape or containers to ensure better branching and flowering.

• DETAILS

  FEATURES

  A water garden friendly-grass that can be planted in the landscape as well

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  Foliage Interest

  Heat Tolerant

  Deadheading Not Necessary

  Water Plant

  Grass: 

  Grass

  CHARACTERISTICS

  Plant Type: 

  Annual

  Height Category: 

  Medium

  Garden Height: 

  18 - 24 Inches46cm - 61cm

  Spacing: 

  14 - 20 Inches 36cm - 51cm

  Spread: 

  18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm

  Foliage Colors: 

  Green

  Foliage Shade: 

  Green

  Habit: 

  Mounded

  Container Role: 

  Filler

  PLANT NEEDS

  Light Requirement: 

  Part Sun to Sun

  The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

  Maintenance Category: 

  Easy

  Bloom Time: 

  Grown for Foliage

  Hardiness Zones: 

  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b

  Water Category: 

  Average

  Soil Fertility Requirement: 

  Average Soil

  Uses: 

  Container

  Grass

  Landscape

  Uses Notes: 

  Use in water gardens, landscapes and mixed containers

  Maintenance Notes: 

  Cyperus is not hardy enough to survive winters with freezing temperatures and it is not a candidate to overwinter inside.

  This plant can sometimes be aggressive in frost-free winter climates, if it is grown in constantly moist conditions.

  It is a very fast grower and will quickly grow to impressive size when replanted in the spring.

  The plant can be planted in pots, along the waters edge of a pond, or even in a pond. 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 purpose is to keep the bulk of the soil or root mass wet.
  The root ball can be submerged but it isn't necessary. If the plant is put into a pot I would suggest plugging the hole or holes in the bottom of the pot to keep as much water as possible in the pot

  Baby Tut can also be planted in regular garden soil. It is best to keep the soil moist, but once established Baby Tut can tolerate some dry soil conditions.

  Baby Tut is an evergreen or neutral grass. Where temperatures get colder than 25 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the spring. It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring.

  In areas where winter temperatures remain above 25 degrees it should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful. 

  Evergreen or neutral grasses are usually plants that look like grasses but aren't actually classified as grasses, they are generally called grass-like plants.

  Divide evergreen or neutral grasses and grass-like plants in spring only.
  Evergreen grasses don't ever go dormant. Dividing plants wounds them to some degree. For evergreen grasses this wounding will really affect their ability to live through the winter.

  

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