Creates a mass of white flowers reminiscent of Baby's Breath. Heat, full sun and drought tolerant. A tender perennial grown as an annual.
Pronunciation
(yew-FOR-bee-ah)
Plant Type
All Plants, Perennial Tender
Hardiness Zone
10-11
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average to dry once established
Soil & Site
average
Growing Media
average
Temperature
have survived to 40 degrees F for me
Flowers
a billowing mass of small white flowers
Leaves
green
Dimensions
12-18 inches tall, space 12 inches
Maintenance
I have grown this two seasons and the maintenance was little to none except for tossing on the compost pile when it gets hit by frost
Propagation
cuttings
Cultivar Origin
Registered by Proven Winners.
Misc Facts
Euphorbia: for Euphorbus, corpulent Greek physician of Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba, educated in Rome, and married to daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. From eu, "good" and phorbe, "pasture or fodder," thus giving euphorbos the meaning "well fed." corollata: Latin for "with a corolla"
Author's Notes
I have used many different cultivars of this plant and they all seem to attract flies in the fall.