Prosperity, SC (Zone 7b) | September 2011 | positive
have admired a friend clump for some time, she has now shared (hers was spilling out of its pot and coming thru the drainage holes in the...Read More bottom. I cant wait for this to fill the sm pot its in now and I can transplant to a larger space. Gonna get enough started so i can try a little out of doors, we live in a microclimate around a lake...I love to experiment :O)
Nice, neat small, attractive clumping columnar Euphorbia from S AFrica. A bit frost tender here in So Cal in zones 9b or colder, but can...Read More do OK outdoors in 10a and up, or near the coast but up in elevation a bit. Moderate growth rate. Tends to get confused with E polygona or horrida, but has NO spines at all, and always a bit on the variegated side (has light and dark bands). Flowers dark purple and look a lot like E polygona flowers... E polygona usually has some spines, though.
Now that this plant has lived through a severe freeze (severe for us southern Californians) where many aloes and other Euphorbias got severely damaged, this plant was completely untouched, even the fully exposed clump. So I think it's a solid 9b plant at this point- no problems with 26F for extended length of time. Not even a blemish.
have admired a friend clump for some time, she has now shared (hers was spilling out of its pot and coming thru the drainage holes in the...Read More
Nice, neat small, attractive clumping columnar Euphorbia from S AFrica. A bit frost tender here in So Cal in zones 9b or colder, but can...Read More
Like all Euphorbia HANDLE WITH CARE, the latex/sap is dangerous and can cause skin rash, itching and general discomfort.