Five-Spine Rating - 5^?

Yes - small container size plant. This variety will occupy a small flower pot comfortably and remain a manageable sized house plant.

Yes - tolerates low light levels. This variety will do well as a houseplant in locations with short periods of direct sun and some indirect or filtered light.

Yes - does well with cool winter time temperatures. This variety will tolerate temperatures down below 50 °F. if the roots are kept dry, and will do very well in a home with energy saving thermostat setting.

Yes - easy care root system. This variety stores water in the parts of the plant which are above the soil leaving the root system small enough to fit into a proportionally sized flower pot.

Yes - flowers easily as a house plant. This variety is likely to flower as a house plant, but results will depend on a variety of growing conditions.

Good locations

Potential living space locations include; East, West windows, but a South window or a three to four seasons room will work if the plant is partially shaded. This species will tolerate very cool days and cold nights, but will need the temperatures to remain above 25 °F. If this variety is to be set out doors during the growing season it must be kept in very filtered light and out of heavy summer rain. This is a plant which can be at risk for fungal rot with excess water, and it is especially important to keep them dry when they are showing no signs of growth.

Size

Three inch plant with pups, and this species may grow about three inches across sending up new stems from the base to form a small colony. These plants are already outgrowing their pots.

Ancestry

South Africa, Cape Province

Plant Origin

Purchased from a greenhouse in Colorado and is still in its origional pot and soil.

Photo

Purchase price includes a Euphorbia horrida potted in a plastic pot, and all plants are grown in their pots for at least one growing season before they are sold. All other items in photo are for demonstration purposes only, and the monopoly dogs are shown as a size & scale reference.

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