Brilliant Beautiful Papyrus plant people what am I doing wrong overwintering?

"If you live in a colder climate, consider your papyrus an annual to dispose of at season’s end – or let it die back in fall and overwinter the dormant nursery pot in a sheltered location that’s dark, cool and won’t freeze. (Even if you overwinter, shorter seasons don’t really allow enough time for papyrus to achieve the same stature and lushness as new greenhouse-grown plants.)"

http://www.learn2grow.com/gardeningguides/tropical...

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/38258/

I found I have to overwinter the plants in my garage as this plant does not tolerate freezing.

not much help, as I've never grown them, but such as it is......

Papyrus Seeds

Cyperus seems impossible to kill, no matter what. I think I would just let it freeze and return in the spring. Or as the tops fall over and form roots, just cut one off and let it keep growing indoors. I would put it in the dark in the garage and let it go dormant. I am pretty sure that would work. It could be the lack of a dormant time that contributes to your cyperus' failure to thrive.

Roots for brains Jan who can be emailed via avatar. Or at www.pondlady.com any time. And often you can get better answers there then from this old broad.

I only had success with the starter plants you sent me years ago, they got to 6' that summer and looked great.

I tried to regrow them again from seed here in Z4 Dakota for several years and gave up.

However, the red stemmed philo you sent at the same time is flourishing.

RScott