Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'
Cypress spurge
Also known as Euphorbia cyparissias 'Clarice Howard'
- Height × spread
- 0.5m × 1.2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Spring, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
Fens Ruby is a desirable variety of this small spurge. It makes a feathery clump of foliage composed of fine, dark-green leaves with red tipped young shoots and good autumn colour. Lime-green flowers are clustered at the top of the stalks. It is, furtively, very invasive and can colonise great areas.
- Flower colour
- Green, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green, Red
- Spring foliage
- Red
- Autumn foliage
- Red-brown
- Stem colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.5m
- Spread
- 1.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Flowers in
- Spring, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- Yes, potentially harmful; Humans: Harmful if eaten; skin & eye irritant
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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