Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) | July 2017 | positive
I bought a small potted clipping of this plant three years ago at a plant sale, the woman said she just cut them off her plant. The plant...Read More has quadrupled in size since, but stays nicely contained in a container. It is very easy to propagate, just cut the ends and stick them down into the bottom of the pot. I've started three new pots for friends. This is a smaller version of my large crown of thorns without the thorns and smaller flowers. Nice thing about this is it has flowers all year long, unlike my regular crown of thorns that doesn't flower much during hot rainy summers. I don't irrigate, only gets rain water, maybe a bit of hand watering when I have cuttings in the pot. Winters have been mild here past couple of years, not fazed by temps down to 34 for a few hours. Below freezing I'd cover it with a frost cloth.
Bought this at a garden center and I've divided it to create four plants which have been thriving for about 4 years. Easy to grow in Sout...Read Morehern California in partial sun to partial shade. Pretty red blooms all year around.
small shrub from Madagascar with large, showy E milli-like red flowers and shiny, dark green succulent leaves. Gets leggy quickly but re...Read Moresponds to pruning.
I bought a small potted clipping of this plant three years ago at a plant sale, the woman said she just cut them off her plant. The plant...Read More
Looks like E. milii (crown-of-thorns), but has no thorns. Blooms nonstop year-round. Needs as much light as possible here, tends to get leggy.
Bought this at a garden center and I've divided it to create four plants which have been thriving for about 4 years. Easy to grow in Sout...Read More
This plant is listed as Critically Endangered
small shrub from Madagascar with large, showy E milli-like red flowers and shiny, dark green succulent leaves. Gets leggy quickly but re...Read More