My Euphorbia forest

Quite different to mine! They look more like cactus.

Do you have a picture of your Euphorbia Trigona, Thorneyside?

I've never seen one before so I looked it up, interesting plant.
Also known as African milk bush, friendship cactus and candelabra cactus, Euphorbia trigona is not a tree, bush or cactus. While the succulent African milk tree thrives best in US zones 10 through 12. The sun-worshipping African milk tree is native to western Africa and won’t tolerate freezing. Among the lowest-maintenance of ornamentals, this plant’s exotic beauty and imposing form belie its undemanding attitude and disdain for pampering.

thanks for the description green-fingers. :-0

Klahanie, I'm sure you know all about them, I posted that info as I found it interesting & thought it might be helpful to others that might want to know about them.
Hope you didn't mind.

I do not mind Green_finger. I am sure some people will want to know about the plant. It was good of you that you posted it. Thanks.

They look great! I have one indoors, also. It's very tall; however, the tallest ones grow outdoors here in the landscape. E. trigona can grow to 15' (4.6m) tall outside in the ground. Euphorbia ingens can grow to 30 - 40 ft (9 - 12m) tall.

I had to cut it down ....it was in the ceiling and it pushed half a dozen "babies" below and at the cut. It grows very fast.

They look beautiful. So fresh & green.

Klahanie:

It's sad you had to cut it down. :>( It's too bad it can't grow outside.

My E. trigona is getting very tall, also. I'm going to find a spot in the back yard for it to go into the ground.

Sorry Klahanie, I meant my Euphporbia "forest" and it was humour I'm afraid. I have Euphorbia characias ssp wolfenii, 'Tasmanian Tiger', 'Ascot Rainbow' a small unnamed and a couple of red ones. Hardly a forest!!

Thank you Feverfew. I am glad you like it.

Good luck with it outside Delonix. I wish I could leave mine out in winter. They take quite a bit of space.

Thorneyside, it sounds like you have pretty good Euphorbia forest too. Euphorbia is such a large and diverse family.

It sure is but yours look more like cactus plants. Amazing.

What I found interesting that Poinsettia is Euphorbia pulcherrima and we had 3 other Euphorbias in a yard in Mexico .....Euphorbia tirucalli (pencil tree), very prickly Euphorbia aeruginosa, and also very prickly Euphorbia milii.

Here are the pictures I posted of them on GOY.:

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/283906-pencil-tree-euphorbia-tirucalli/member/klahanie

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/285204-euphorbia-aeruginosa/member/klahanie

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/301524-euphorbia-aeruginosa-blooming/member/klahanie

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/281936-euphorbia-milii/member/klahanie

What a weird & wonderfully diverse family Euphorbia is, the ones you posted, Klahanie, look nothing like the ones I have in the garden. As for poinsettia being in this family, well, that is a shock!

:-)

Klahanie:

My plant will grow very well outside. Actually, much faster than indoors.