Baby Tut Umbrella Grass

Other Names: Baby Tut Papyrus

Description:

This variety is a semi-aquatic, grass-like plant producing a mound of green stems with green bracts; perfect for pond side planting or in wet areas of the garden; will tolerat drier conditions once establisher

Ornamental Features:

Baby Tut Umbrella Grass' attractive grassy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Baby Tut Umbrella Grass is an herbaceous annual bedding plant with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance annual bedding plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Baby Tut Umbrella Grass is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Container Planting
• Bog Gardens
• Water Gardens

Plant Characteristics:

Baby Tut Umbrella Grass will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in moist to wet soil, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.