Editing Cyperus papyrus (section)

==Cultivation==
[[File:Egyptian Girl Harvesting Papyrus.jpg|thumb|244x244px|Egyptian girl harvesting papyrus in the [[Nile Delta]]]]
The papyrus plant is relatively easy to grow from seed, though in Egypt, it is more common to split the [[rootstock]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Cyperus_papyrus.html|title=''Cyperus papyrus'' L.|publisher=Purdue University|access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> and grows quite fast once established. Extremely moist soil or roots sunken in the water is preferred and the plant can flower all year long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyperus+papyrus|title=Cyperus papyrus - Useful Tropical Plants|website=tropical.theferns.info|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref> Vegetative propagation is the suggested process of creating new plants. It is done by splitting the rhizomes into small groups and planting normally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pza.sanbi.org/cyperus-papyrus|title=Cyperus papyrus {{!}} PlantZAfrica.com|website=pza.sanbi.org|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref> It can reach heights of up to 16 feet tall.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wimastergardener.org/article/papyrus-cyperus-papyrus/|title=Papyrus, ''Cyperus papyrus''|work=Master Gardener Program|access-date=2018-04-17|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417110005/https://wimastergardener.org/article/papyrus-cyperus-papyrus/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''C.''&nbsp;''papyrus'' is considered to be hardy in [[Hardiness zone|USDA hardiness zones]] 9 and 10.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

''C. papyrus''<ref name="RHSPF">
{{cite web
|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5206/Cyperus-papyrus/Details
|title=''Cyperus papyrus'' AGM
|publisher=[[Royal Horticultural Society]]
|access-date=2012-10-16
}}</ref> and the dwarf [[cultivar]] ''C. papyrus'' 'Nanus'<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/72447/Cyperus-papyrus-Nanus/Details
|title=''Cyperus papyrus'' 'Nanus' AGM
|publisher=[[Royal Horticultural Society]]
|access-date=2020-05-17
}}</ref> have gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]] (confirmed 2017).<ref>{{cite web  | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180412/https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-05 |url-status=live | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 22 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 24 January 2018}}</ref>