General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
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: Green
Red
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: 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.
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Basal cuttings in Spring
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Euphorbia

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-02-06
Location: Heighleygate garden centre, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-03-07
Location: Heighleygate garden centre, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-03-07
Location: b
Date: 2016-02-06
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-03-17
Pink flushed new growth in Spring
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-03-17

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