...just to confirm what has been said with pictorial evidence, reddening of the lower leaves is a 'feature' of Euphorbia x pasteurii selections, of which 'Honey Pot' is one.. You have a nice plant there.
...just to confirm what has been said with pictorial evidence, reddening of the lower leaves is a 'feature' of Euphorbia x pasteurii selections, of which 'Honey Pot' is one.. You have a nice plant there.
I'm a Euphorbia fan too. I like the stems that are revealed once those leaves drop off. Have you noticed that as the plants warm up they smell slightly like spent matches - I like that too!
I'm a Euphorbia fan too. I like the stems that are revealed once those leaves drop off. Have you noticed that as the plants warm up they smell slightly like spent matches - I like that too!
Yes! My "supernose" directs me to them in the Garden Centres
..that's a good question - I wish I could remember ..
Your Black Pearl is a characias type, rather startling actually, and of those I've grown the regular Wulfenii and Lambrook Gold. If I recall I used to deadhead the spent flower stalks down to the main set of leaves, then cut down to ground level in the autumn, but I'm not a 100% about this, I might have left the flowerheads on the plant and left it all until autumn, then cut down.
With martinii, I can't remember what I did there either.. lol.. I think I did the same but I thought it remained evergreen all winter though, so I might just have cut the flower stems back to leafage..
With Honey Pot and Mellifera types, I know you just cut back if it gets too large. Spent flower shoots can be cut off, some I would cut out completely, others just back to the next set of leaves.
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You have a nice plant there.
I used to have this one, in the same pot as above, [actually a different pot], but swopped it out.. I dunno, I just felt like a change..
Euphorbia martinii... you might like one for your garden?
Yes! My "supernose" directs me to them in the Garden Centres
Your Black Pearl is a characias type, rather startling actually, and of those I've grown the regular Wulfenii and Lambrook Gold. If I recall I used to deadhead the spent flower stalks down to the main set of leaves, then cut down to ground level in the autumn, but I'm not a 100% about this, I might have left the flowerheads on the plant and left it all until autumn, then cut down.
With martinii, I can't remember what I did there either.. lol.. I think I did the same but I thought it remained evergreen all winter though, so I might just have cut the flower stems back to leafage..
With Honey Pot and Mellifera types, I know you just cut back if it gets too large. Spent flower shoots can be cut off, some I would cut out completely, others just back to the next set of leaves.
confused.com... [sorry]..