Euphorbia milii (Crown of thorns)
Other names: Christ plant, Christ thorn, Euphorbia bojeri, Euphorbia milii var. milii , Euphorbia splendens, Euphorbia splendens var. bojeri
E. milii is a tender, bushy, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with succulent, thorny stems bearing oblong to ovate, pointed, leathery, bright green leaves and clusters of tiny yellow flowers surrounded by prominent, bright red bracts.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Euphorbia x martini 'Kolibri' (Martin's spurge 'Kolibri')
Other names: Euphorbia x martinii 'Kolibri', Euphorbia x martini 'Colibri'
'Kolibri' is a compact, upright, bushy, evergreen sub-shrub with whorls of narrowly ovate, dark green leaves and open sprays of red-centred, bright green flowers in spring and summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Euphorbia trigona (African milk tree)
Other names: Euphorbia hermentiana
E. trigona is a tender, evergreen, succulent shrub or small tree with erect, angular branches bearing paired, short, reddish-brown spines and small, tapering leaves borne along the branch ribs.
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0.9m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Euphorbia x pasteurii (Pasteur spurge)
Other names: Euphorbia pasteurii
E. x pasteurii is a rounded, evergreen shrub bearing narrow, lance-shaped, dark green leaves with creamy-white mid-ribs and clusters of fragrant, yellow-brown flowers in late spring. Created by crossing E. mellifera with E. stygiana
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Euphorbia candelabrum (Candelabra tree)
Other names: Naboom, Euphorbia ingens, Euphorbia erythraea
E. candelabrum is a tender, broad, rounded to angular, branching, tree-like succulent with fleshy, angled, candelabra-like, thorny, mid- to dark green stems bearing short-lived, spear-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow-green flowers in spring.
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3m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Euphorbia 'Gloria' (Spurge 'Gloria')
Other names: Euphorbia chameacyce 'Gloria', Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Gloria'
'Gloria' is a compact, upright, mound-forming, tender evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with elliptic to lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and branched clusters of white flowers on slender stems from late spring into autumn.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Euphorbia x martini 'Little John' (Martin's spurge 'Little John')
Other names: Euphorbia x martinii 'Little John'
'Little John' is a dwarf, evergreen sub-shrub with narrow leaves that emerge red-tinted, maturing to blue-green. It bears open sprays of greenish-yellow flowers in spring and summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Euphorbia mellifera (Honey spurge)
Other names: Euphorbia longifolia Lamarck, Canary spurge
E. mellifera is a rounded, evergreen shrub bearing narrow, lance-shaped, dark green leaves with pale mid-ribs and clusters of fragrant, brown flowers in late spring.
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2.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost' (Spurge 'Diamond Frost')
Other names: Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Inneuphe', Chamaesyce hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost', Euphorbia 'Inneuphdia', Euphorbia graminea 'Diamond Frost'
'Diamond Frost' is a tender, upright, mound-forming, evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with elliptic to lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and branched clusters of white flowers on slender stems from late spring into autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Euphorbia x pasteurii 'Phrampton Phatty' (Pasteur spurge 'Phrampton Phatty')
Other names: Euphorbia x pasteurii 'Phrampton Patty', Euphorbia x pasteurii 'Frampton Phatty', Euphorbia x pasteurii 'Frampton Patty'
'Phrampton Phatty' is a borderline-hardy, bushy, dense, mound-forming, evergreen sub-shrub with whorls of narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves, bright green to yellow-green when young, and terminal clusters of fragrant, yellow-green flowers in summer.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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