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2021 Early Spring Euphorbia Offerings
Euphorbia aeruginose major - Euphorbia
aeruginosa major
is a larger form of a very decorative spiny, succulent, forming dwarf, shrubs
and a subterranean caudex. Branches bluish-grey or brownish-green with many
brownish spines. Branching occurs at or below ground level and above too. Its
name, which means 'verdigris', refers to the coppery-green branches which have
contrasting reddish-brown spines. Republic of South Africa. Growing in 3 1/2
inch pots. - @ $15.00 each
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Euphorbia alluaudii -
The beautiful crested form (Euphorbia
alluaudii f. criatata)
is rare in collection and highly priced for its sculptural shape and glossy
green epidermis. The crested form can also get very big making a spectacular
specimen.
Euphorbia alluaudii (Cat
Tails Euphorbia) is a dioecious (exceptionnaly monoecious) succulent shrub or
small tree made up of clusters of cylindrical, jointed, spineless branches. Most
of its branches rise erectly from the base and then arch outwards to form a mass
as wide as tall. It can ultimately reach to 4(-6) metres though in containers it
more commonly grows to a modest 1.2-1.8 metres tall. South-west Madagascar.
Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots. - left to right -
#2 @ $25.00 each #1 Sold
Euphorbia antiquorum 'flat stem monstrose' - This is a strange one. I like the
flat stems. It came to me years ago as Euphorbia antiquorum HBG. If I remember
right the old friend
that gave me his mother plant told me it came from John Trager of the Hunting Botanical Gardens.
If anyone has
any information about this plant please email me at
Cactibud@cox.net.
Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots. @ $15.00 each
Euphorbia avasmontana -
Came to me as Euphorbia avasmontana. These are nice size plants. Euphorbia
avasmontana is
a many-stemmed, spiny, columnar cactus-like succulents branching at the base,
2-2,5 m tall that can sucker to nearly as wide. It is one of many South African
Euphorbias that at fist glance look a lot like each other. Very neat habit and
makes a good specimen landscape plant in a xeriscape garden. Fairly widely
scattered throughout South Africa on bolth sides of orange river, Namaqualand,
Bushmanland and Namibia. Growing in 4 1/2 inch
pots. - @ $15.00 each Sold Out
Euphorbia enopla 'inermis' - They will get a nice reddish-purple color
when grown in good light. Euphorbia
enopla is from South-western South Africa. Growing growing
in 3 inch pots. - @ $13.00 each
Euphorbia excelsa monstrose -
Short stout trunks thickly populared with highly dividing ramours whorls
branchlets with non-threatening tiny spine clusters along the routed to flatened
stems. South Africa. Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots. - left to right - #1 @
$18.00 each
#2 Sold
Euphorbia fruticosa
- This is a blue form of Euphorbia fruticose. Reddish
spined. Small yellow cyathia (flowers) mosty in the spring. Will make a nice
main stem coved in thick blue branch's.
The origin is Yemen.
Growing in well-drained stony, but deep soils and in the crevices of rock faces
of hills and slopes. It occurs in open drought-deciduous shrubland and is widely
diffused throughout drylands and it is
often dominant. Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots. - @ $13.00 each
Euphorbia leontopoda monstrose/crest -
This is a monstrose/cresting form of Euphorbia leontopoda. Shrublet, weakly
erect to 50 cm high, with spreading succulent branches from a large, fleshy,
tuberous root. Branches (3–)5–6-angled, deeply winged and deeply constricted
into segments to 5 cm long, 6 cm wide; angles prominently toothed, with teeth to
2 cm apart at the broadest basal part of the segments, much closer and less
prominent towards the constrictions. Spine-shields joined to form a continuous
horny margin along the angles; spine-pairs robust, 1–3.5 cm long, or much
shorter at the constrictions; prickles vestigial; flowering eye 2–8 mm above the
base of the spines, flanked by a pair of secondary spines 1–5 mm long.
Seeds subglobose, 3 x 2.8 mm, smooth, buff, finely speckled.
Somalian. - left to right - #1, #3, #4 @ $15.00
each
#2 Sold
Euphorbia lignosa - A
dwarf densely much-branched bush. Main stem very stout, somewhat globose at the
crown from which the branches arise, descending as a thick carrot-shaped root.
When I had my old mother plant I keep it pruned and the main stem became very
thick. It made a nice looking bonsai succulent. Namaqualand. Growing
in a 4 1/2 inch pot. - 1 @ $40.00 Sold
Euphorbia malevola crest/monstrose
- Cresting twisting
bluish-gray stems with black
spines. One of my favorite Euphorbias. Really cool plant.
Origin: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Growing in 4 1/2 inch
pot. - 4 views - #1m @ $30.00 Sold
Note: I use my IPhone to take my photos. Over the years I noticed it doesn't do pinks and reddish colors well. Always come out to red or washed out. I try to descried the color in my own words. If you want succulent plants that will give you lots of color you might want to try some Euphorbia milii type plants. Mine are grown the the greenhouse till the weather is safe to put them back outdoors. They do best if given some light shade in the hot afternoon. Try them you will like them!
Euphorbia milii 'Jerry's Choice' - It's one of my favorite Euphorbia milii type
plants. Will grow to 2 feet tall dome shaped with dark reddish pink flowers,
purple leaf color and reddish purple growing tips. The one in the photo are
waking up from there winter rest. If you want color in your plant collection you
can't go wrong with Euphobia milii type plants. Growing in 4 1/2 inch pots. - left to right
- #1, #2, #3, #4 @ $18.00 each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid - Doudle Peach
Flowers - Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in
Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots - left to right - #1, #2, #3,
#4 @ $18.00
each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid -
These are cuttings are from a crested plant with
light pink flowers that will turn to a dark pink. Some of these cuttings
have made crest. Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names
in Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 inch pots.- left to right - #1, #2, #3 @ $18.00
each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid -
Yellow Blush flowers with a twitted to the spine
growth. Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in
Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 pots. - left to right - #1, #2, #3, #4 @
$18.00 each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid -
Pink to Red flowers with thick stems. Thai
Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in Thailand, there is
no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically sold by color in the
United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is very rewarding and easy
grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding plant, borders, or can
be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great gift for a gardener of
any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 pots. - left to right - #1, #2, #3 @ $18.00 each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid - Pinkish Blush
Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in
Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 pots. - left to right - #1, #2, #3 @ $18.00
each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid - Peach Flowers
- Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in
Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 inch pots. - left to right - #1, #2, #3 @ $18.00
each
Euphorbia milii 'Poysean' Thai Hybrid - Red Flowers
- Thai Hybrid Crown of Thorns are known by several common names in
Thailand, there is no formal or reliable nomenclature, and they are typically
sold by color in the United States. Mature size is about 2 to 3 feet . It is
very rewarding and easy grow, having many versatile uses as a perennial bedding
plant, borders, or can be grown as a potted plant indefinitely. Makes a great
gift for a gardener of any skill level. Growing in 4 1/2 inch pots. - left to right - #1, #2, #3 @ $18.00
each
Euphorbia milii 'Tall White' - Been growing this one for several decades. For me
it's flowers has stayed a bright white. Very
up right grower to 3 feet. Growing in 4 1/2 inch pots. - left to right - #1, #2
@ $18.00 each
Euphorbia nerifolia variegated crest -
Euphorbia neriifolia f. cristata variegata,
the “Crested and variegated Oleander Cactus" is a fast-growing and highly priced
crested succulent forming odd sculptural shapes. Its stems fan out, some will
form stable crests while others (the more common) just cluster over one another.
The crested form can also get very big making a spectacular specimen. Older
crested plant can reach a considerable size (up to 2-3 m tall and in diameter,
or more). Stems and leaves are stripped in creamy-yellow.
Growing in a 6 inch pot. - front & back photos - #1 @
$50.00 Sold
Euphorbia obesa hyb. - This may be the cross Euphorbia pseudoglobosa x obesa. I
like its greyish purple color. - @ $13.00
each
Euphorbia polygona monstrose - It's a crazy
monstrose form.
Euphorbia polygona is
a spiny dioecious spurge with simple or basally clumping stems of glaucous
grey-green with beautiful “heads” of dark purple flowers. These are very minute
in themselves, but each is dotted with bright yellow stamens and pollen and the
whole effect is very pleasing. In age it will forms clumps of upright columns of
unequal length up to a metre wide that bears a very close resemblance to the
unrelated cactus. It is heavily armed with spiny protuberances ("peduncles",
otherwise known as persistent flower stalks), however the spination is extremely
variable some have lots of spines, and some have few. Eastern Cape, South
Africa. Growing in 3 inch pots. - left to
right - #1, #2, #4, #5 @ $13.00 each Sold Out
Euphorbia pseudocactus -
Euphorbia pseudocactus is
a multi-branched, dwarf-stemmed succulent shrub that, as its name suggests,
resembles a cactus. The stems often have distinctive yellow V-shaped markings.
Plants eventually form large mounded clumps brancing from the base and above,
60-120 cm tall and up to 2 m in diameter. KwaZulu-Natal
Growing in 3 1/2 inch pots. - @ $15.00
each
Euphorbia
pseudoglobosa graft -
This one is one of those wacky grafts that my friend Mike Keeling made.
Euphorbia pseudoglobosa is
a dwarf spineless succulent that looks like a cactus, eventually forming a
subterranean caudex (often lifted up into view in cultivation for looks) It
forms thick mats of dwarf spineless segmented stems up to 20 cm in diameter. Euphorbia
pseudoglobosa sows
a superficial resemblance with Euphorbia
globosa (hence
the name) but the the closest related species is species
is Euphorbia
susannae.
However E.
pseudoglobosa misses
the clearly curved back tubercles characteristic of Euphorbia
susannae.
South Africa. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch pot. #1
@ $30.00
Euphorbia suzannae-marnierae -
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was described by Werner Rauh and Herman
Pétignat in 1996. It is found on the southern tip of Madagascar, growing in well
drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five
centimetres in diameter, the plant to 25 centimetres height.
Southern Madagascar. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch
pot. - #1lg @ $60.00 Sold
Euphorbia tubiglans X obesa - These are stem cuttings from my old male and
female plants. The main bodies of the old plants looked mostly obesa when young
and grow evenly spaced arm in time all the same size. I was hoping to find some
photos of the parent plants. Growing in 3 1/2 pots. - A pair male & female @
$35.00 Sold
Euphorbia valida - When I bought the male and female plants they where labeled
Euphorbia valida Large Form. We still have the parent plants and they're bodies
larger then softballs. These are raised from seed from these plants.
South Africa, Cape Province. Growning in 3 inch pots. - @ $10.00 each
Euphorbia valida - When I bought the male and female plants they where labeled
Euphorbia valida Large Form. We still have the parent plants and they're bodies
larger then softballs. These are raised from seed from these plants.
South Africa, Cape Province. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch pot. - front, top & back
photos - #1lg @ $40.00
Euphorbia valida - When I bought the male and female plants they where labeled
Euphorbia valida Large Form. We still have the parent plants and they're bodies
larger then softballs. These are raised from seed from these plants.
South Africa, Cape Province. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch pot. - front, top & back
photos - #2lg @ $40.00
Euphorbia valida - When I bought the male and female plants they where labeled
Euphorbia valida Large Form. We still have the parent plants and they're bodies
larger then softballs. These are raised from seed from these plants.
South Africa, Cape Province. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch pot. - front, top & back
photos - #3lg @ $40.00
Euphorbia valida - When I bought the male and female plants they where labeled
Euphorbia valida Large Form. We still have the parent plants and they're bodies
larger then softballs. These are raised from seed from these plants.
South Africa, Cape Province. Growing in a 4 1/2 inch pot. - front, top & back
photos - #4lg @ $40.00
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Euphorbia venefica X groenewaldii -
These are cuttings of one of my large mother plants. - This is a cross that was
created by my dear late friend Mike Keeling. When growing in the spring and
summer they will have small green leaves. They go dormant winter and will drop
their leaves. Roots will thicken and can be raised in time. Growing in 3 inch
pots. - @ $18.00 each
Euphorbia vittata crest -
Makes a nice crest. I have not been able to fine much information about this one
other then it's from Kenya. Growing in 6 inch pot. - #1lg @ $50.00 Sold
Euphorbia 'wacky grafts' - This is wacky! My friend Mike did some Euphorbia
grafting. The grafting activated monstrose growths of the grafting stock. As you
see its a little wacky. left to right - #1 top E. frankii - #2 no living top -
#3 E. frankii @ $15.00 each #1, #2 Sold