General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet tall
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Other: Each leaf is edged perfectly in cream, and upper bracts take on a creamy bow-tie display in early spring.
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: Other: Creamy yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
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
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP15,715
Parentage: Lambrook Gold x Euphorbia characias
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Spurge
  • Mediterranean Spurge
  • Euphorbia
Also sold as:
  • Tassie Tiger

Photo Gallery
Location: In my garden
Date: Mar 15, 2009 3:27 PM
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-11-14
- Lovely shadings of mauve emerge in the fall.
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-09-21
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Mar 27, 2013
Location: Orem, utah
Date: 2012-04-04
At Cooks Nursery
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2013-03-08
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2013-04-05
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-05
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-02-13
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-09-21
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Location: In my garden
Date: 2007-03-30
Photo by ARUBA1334

Date: 2010-10-04
Young garden centre specimen.
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-14
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-03-11
Location: Fairfax, VA | August 2022
Date: 2022-08-12
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Feb 20, 2013

Date: 2012-09-26

Date: 2012-09-26
Location: This tasmanian tiger is four years old in front of my house in Murfreesboro, TN
Date: 2013-04-10
Location: Orem, utah
Date: 2012-04-04
At Cooks Nursery
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-05-27

Date: 2008-09-21
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Date: 2012-09-26
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Sep 17, 2011
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Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 3, 2022 12:27 PM concerning plant:
    Discovered in a garden in Tasmania, Australia, produces pale yellow blooms with green centers in early summer. The stems are sometimes tinged purple, providing a nice contrast with the variegated white and green leaves.

    This perennial -- hardy in zones 6 to 10 -- grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, and thrives in a full sun to part shade location. Take care when working around this plant because broken stems exude a milky sap that can irritate the skin.
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HamiltonSquare On July 20, 2014 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Looking shabby. Dry winter and less summer watering due to severe drought. Will replace in fall.
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