Note that on some devices you will need to manually select Landscape Mode from the print dialog.
Scientific Name: | Euphorbia amygdaloides |
Common Name: | wood spurge, Mrs. Robb's bonnet, purple wood spurge |
Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Spreading |
Form: | Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Succulent, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Spatulate, Entire |
Flowers: | Cyathium, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
Fruit: | Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves spatulate to ovate, up to 8cm long, glossy green to dark purple-red, appearing in tight spirals on 60cm tall red-brown clumped stems; florets above 2 cup-like lime-green bracts. |