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Yellow leaves on euphorbia Honey Pot

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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Hahahaha @Marlorena

    I may need to write them down with specific instructions for each plant.

    The even more confusing thing was I bought the Black Pearl and Ascot Rainbow last winter for £2 in the bargain bin of a local GC.

    I left them as they were against the front of the house in their pots; didn't cut them down or anything and that is the result (in the previous pic).

    I'll have to set aside an afternoon and do some research.

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Cut back spent flowering shoots to the point where they meet the main plant (where new shoots will usually be forming). This is the technique for the shrubby evergreen types, such as characias, x martinii, and mellifera.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I cut the old flowers back as close to the ground as possible.
    Beware the sap.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Here? 


  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I found this article helpful when I was deciding what to do with the two varieties that I grow: Pruning Euphorbias (In Pictures) - BBC Gardeners World Magazine

    I like to leave the flowers as long as possible - they still have an architectural quality when they fade!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    By the time the flowers are ready to be cut off, there should be new growth appearing at the base.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    He’s getting ready to flower…..


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