species
Euphorbia characias
Mediterranean spurge
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Euphorbia characias belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as Mediterranean spurge, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.2 m tall and 1.2 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on sand, chalk or loam soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained or dry conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from April to May and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.2 m tall × 1.2 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Sand, Chalk, Loam
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Dry
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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