General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 16 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.

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Common names
  • Cushion Spurge
  • Euphorbia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Euphorbia epithymoides
  • Synonym: Euphorbia polychroma

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Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: Fieldstone Gardens, Maine
Date: 2007-06-23
Sale plant
Location: Front garden
Date: May 2015
Location: Rose Hill Gardens
Date: July 2014
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-27
Fall color is as pretty as the spring bloom.
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: .Spring 2010
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-05-29
 6:23 pm. An unusual variegation combination.
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Hts, MI
Date: 2010-04-26
Location: Front garden
Date: May 2015
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-21
This plant is lovely from spring until after several frost.
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Hts, MI
Date: 2010-04-26
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Hts, MI
Date: 2010-04-26
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Hts, MI
Date: 2010-04-26
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Hts, MI
Date: 2010-04-26
Location: West rock garden
Date: 2015-09-17

Photo Courtesy of Busse Gardens. Used with permission.
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Date: 2004-06-08

Date: 2004-05-02
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Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jun 23, 2015 4:53 PM concerning plant:
    Nicely colored plant grew well and flowered.
    Did not survive my zone 5 winter.
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