- Eventual Height: 60cm
- Eventual Spread: 60cm
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Wood Spurge
Euphorbia characias subsp. characias Humpty Dumpty
available to order from September 2008
size: 2 litre pot
£5.99
CAUTION: CAUTION toxic if eaten/skin & eye irritant
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- Position:
full sun- Soil:
light, well-drained garden soil- Rate of growth:
fast growing- Flowering period:
March to May- Hardiness:
fully hardy
A compact form of euphorbia with greyish-green, lance-shaped leaves that grow in rosettes along stiff stems. In spring, the flower shoots curl over before straightening and opening into clusters of bright, apple-green spring flowers. This shrub forms a neat rounded shape, and the fleshy foliage provides all-round structural interest. It looks great in a sunny border with blue and gold planting schemes or with architectural plants. Where frost is a problem, plant close to the base of a sunny wall.
- Garden care:
To promote new shoots remove flower-heads in spring after they have flowered. When working with spurges always wear gloves since the milky sap is poisonous and a potential skin irritant.
