Euphorbia canariensis
Canary Island cactus spurge
- Height × spread
- 2m × 2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Frost free greenhouse 1C & above (RHS H2)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A handsome plant that makes a colony of close packed vertical towers, coloured bluey-green. The stems are four or six-sided and each corner is edged by clusters of spines. The whole has a rather smooth, cool effect. If it flowers there are greenish red blooms. This will stand 2 metres high and in time will make a clump of similar dimensions. The species is common on the Canary Islands.
- Flower colour
- Green, Red
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 2m
- Spread
- 2m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Indoors, Exotic garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Frost free greenhouse 1C & above (RHS H2)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Indoor light
- full light at all times
- Indoor temperature
- 12C minimum temperature
- Use for
- Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- Yes, stems are prickly/thorny and potentially harmful; Humans: Harmful if eaten; skin & eye irritant
AutumnNow
Autumn-Winter · Indoors
Keep dry during dormancy
Keep dry during the period of dormancy or resting, which is likely to be from the middle of the autumn until spring.
Autumn-Winter · Outdoors
Keep dry during dormancy
Keep dry during the period of dormancy or resting, which is likely to be from the middle of the autumn until spring.
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Feed with low nitrogen feed
Give a standard liquid houseplant feed that is low in nitrogen from May to October.
Nitrogen can encourage lush or soft growth which is inappropriate for plants that grow naturally on poor or arid soil.
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Water lightly in growth
Water lightly while plant is in growth.
Spring · Outdoors
Feed with low nitrogen feed
Occasionally while the plant is in growth, apply a specialist cactus feed that is low in nitrogen.
Where food elements are listed as three numeric values on the label representing in order Nitrogen(N)-Phosphorus(P)-Potassium(K), choose one where nitrogen has a low value.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water lightly in growth
Water lightly while plant is in growth.
Planting & general
Compost · Planting
Loam based compost + grit for repotting
Use a free draining loam based compost rather than one which has been modified to be 'moisture retentive'.
Alternatively prepare a compost using three parts of loam (John Innes no. 2 or 3) to one part of (horticultural) sand or fine (horticultural) grit.
Indoor temperature · Planting
12C minimum temperature
This plant requires a minimum temperature of 12 Centigrade.
Indoor plant · Planting
Position in a sunny spot, eg windowsill
Give this plant a position where there is as much light and sunlight as possible. It is suitable for sunny windowsills as it can cope with high day temperatures and lower night temperatures.
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