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Can anyone help me identify this plant?

Lilly Barker 19Lilly Barker 19 Posts: 15
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hi

we moved into our house last April and the plant pictured was not doing very well. I cut it right back and it grew back again and stayed evergreen over winter but has produced no flowers and is now starting to die back again (photo is the present state)

thanks in advance!
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It's a euphorbia, hard to say which one, poor little thing


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lilly Barker 19Lilly Barker 19 Posts: 15
    Thanks! I'll look it up and see what I can do to revive it!
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    If you cut it to ground now , it will soon regenerate new and vibrant shoots .
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    If you cut it down then wear gloves. The white sap is a skin irritant.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd guess at E. Mellifera
    Devon.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Hostafan1 said:
    I'd guess at E. Mellifera

    Very likely, the hardier ones don't look as bad as that


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lilly Barker 19Lilly Barker 19 Posts: 15
    Hostafan1 said:
    I'd guess at E. Mellifera
    Thanks! Not quite sure if it will ever survive well in my plot then 😞
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    If it looks like that it's not worth the garden space. You need plants that do more than just survive to make the garden look good. There are many much hardier euphorbias that look good all the time


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    nutcutlet said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    I'd guess at E. Mellifera

    Very likely, the hardier ones don't look as bad as that
    Whew.
    Devon.
  • Lilly Barker 19Lilly Barker 19 Posts: 15
    nutcutlet said:
    If it looks like that it's not worth the garden space. You need plants that do more than just survive to make the garden look good. There are many much hardier euphorbias that look good all the time
    Oh well, at least I can have fun choosing what will replace it! 
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