Scientific Name: Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'
Common Name: Fireglow spurge
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae
Origin: Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Cyathium, Orange, May-Jun
Fruit: Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Stems 60-90cm tall, reddish with typical white sap ; leaves spiraled, most linear, 8-11cm long x 1-2cm wide, green then turn all shades of fire in the fall; cyathia fiery orange/yellow, arranged in umbels ~10cm wide.