It will reach 30 inches tall, perhaps a little taller in the South, and screams “look at me!” When the early morning sun hits the curly tufts of foliage, you become mesmerized. Prince Tut is one of the most loved grasses for containers and flower beds. Although the containers were eye-popping, they too were adjusted or tweaked in April, so to speak, by adding Graceful Grasses Prince Tut, the Proven Winners National Annual of the Year, and Superbells Pomegranate Punch calibrachoa. They were planted in October with Primo Wild Rose heuchera, Superbells Dreamsicle calibrachoa, Superbena White Out and Superbena Royale Chambray verbenas.
I did much the same thing with two white self-watering AquaPots. I will evaluate their fate when October planting rolls around. These are considered annuals for most of the country, as they are cold hardy in zones 9 and warmer. I don’t have that much room for spread in these smoked containers and will cut back as needed to make The Garden Guy happy. Queen Tut will reach about 2 feet tall with a spread of 12 inches. Here it is partnered with Superbells Pomegranate Punch and Superbells Dreamsicle calibrachoas, Primo Wild Rose heuchera and Superbena Royale Chambray and Superbena Whiteout verbenas. Graceful Grasses Prince Tut is lit by the morning sun. I really can’t tell that any detrimental root disturbance occurred. I fashioned a little larger hole using the same method. The Queen Tut was grown in a little larger container with a more vigorous root system.
#KING TUT PAPYRUS OVERWINTER FULL#
I admit in a yard full of monster perennials, I really had become slack in choosing vertical plants for height in containers. I felt this would be the perfect vertical but dwarf element for the containers. A week or so later I received Graceful Grasses Queen Tut papyrus. Then I used my fingers to fashion the hole in the potting soil just right for planting the petunia. I used my trowel to gently part or start a crevice in between the runners of the Creeping Jenny. The containers already looked full, fairly fluffy and really pleasing. In early April, I had the opportunity to try the new Supertunia Mini Vista Scarlet petunia. They came through the winter perfectly, perhaps flinching a day or two after we had a 21-degree day March 13.
I planted Superbells Grape Punch and Superbells Tangerine Punch calibrachoas in the container that always have Goldilocks Creeping Jenny and White Knight sweet alyssum, which has been acting perennially for me. The containers get adjusted two or three times a year, and I am headed to where they were what I call Tut Tweaked. They are about 20 inches tall, ceramic-glazed and about the diameter of a Frisbee. I have two containers I call smokestacked in their shape. The story, however, really goes back to October. Prince Tut and the dwarf exquisite Queen Tut papyrus grasses have put the proverbial ta-da in ‘The Garden Guy’s containers this year.
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