Botanical Name: Cyperus alternifolius
Common Name: Umbrella plant
Type of Plant: monocot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, vase shaped spreading plant forming a dense clum pof long stems topped by peculiar grassy foliage; resembles a large grassy clum p
Height 4'
Spread indefinite
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil any moist soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 8, 9, 12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves narrow, spreading, arranged like ribs of umbrella, circular, stacked alternate
Flowers small clusters of greenish white flowers between leaf nodes
Fruit small grain fruit
 
Propagation:
seed, division of clum p
 
Usage:
grow in or out of water, near pools, containers, planters, dry stream beds, small rock gardens – for striking silhouette
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular watering preferred; can grow in swampy conditions
Fertilizing none required
Pruning thin out old stalks to base, divide and replant
Pests/Diseases aphids
Special Conditions/Other seed and spreading clumps can be very invasive
 
Origin: Madagascar
Family: Cyperaceae

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