Re: Cyperus>overwintering
perennials@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Cyperus>overwintering
  • From: &* <k*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:07:09 -0500
I'd only known it as a water plant so only have a passing knowledge of it.
May I piggyback onto this thread another overwintering question?
 
I started an Echium candicans  from seed in February and it's  pretty darned big already.  Had to bump it up to bigger pots a few times.  The roots fill its current 12 in diameter pot and I'd like to overwinter it in the hopes of someday seeing it bloom.  With the onset of colder weather it has already lost some lower leaves.  If I overwinter it in an attached garage that may get down to 45° in a sunny southfacing window, will it lose its leaves and get leggy or will it be ok? 
 
AHS says it's a biennial which means I might get a chance at a flower next year.  Some online sites say it's a shrub; if so I could have a longer wait.  Does anyone have any experience with this plant?
 
 
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
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From: b*@charter.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: Cyperus

I only know what I can look up. Here is just one link:
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