It was a hoot watching gardeners fight over the papyrus plants at this year's garden and patio shows. Botanically speaking, the papyrus is Cyperus papyrus. If you remember your elementary history, ...

For millennia humans have used the papyrus sedge. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Researchers in ...

At the 43rd annual Ornamental Field Day last weekend at the South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville, one plant that drew a lot of attention was the exotic-looking King Tut papyrus.

The days are lengthening, and Papyrus plants are pushing up new growth. When most people hear "Papyrus," they think of ancient Egyptians manufacturing paper from these plants' stems, but several ...

Plans are being implemented to create plastic floating islands containing papyrus plants to help protect the ecosystems of a renowned lake in the Rift Valley, Kenya. The German REWE Group is funding a ...