10-foot Papyrus at Vernon City Hall

[lucky1]

Sorry there's nothing for scale, but it was easily 9 or 10 feet, very healthy looking.

Workers had already dug out huge Castor Bean plants in the bed behind the garden bench 15 minutes earlier.
Staff said "oh is that what it is?" when I told them it was papyrus.
It was to be potted up and placed in a greenhouse owned by the City at the Waste Treatment Plant.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/10557370643/" title="001 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/1055 ... 02db_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="001"></a>

I was admiring the spikes at its base...but nobody offered me one.
Maybe next year...

Barb

[TimMAz6]

She's a beauty! I'm glad they dug it up since they don't like -100F too often! (A little exaggeration but you understand)

[lucky1]

they don't like -100F too often

I even lost mine during a SUMMER