Euphorbia 'Whispers'

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Euphorbia obesa (male)

This plant is often called the "basketball" plant, or the "baseball" plant. Perhaps in honor of the World Cup, we should call it the "football" or "soccer" plant? This is a male plant, evident from its copious pollen.

Euphorbia milii 'Fireworks'

We're getting some early Summer showers. It makes things a little more humid than usual, but it's not uncommon for us to get these until early July when things begin to really dry out. However, the showers really brought out the color in the stems, making this an even more impressive plant.

Euphorbia millotii flowers

The flowers on this species may range from yellowish-green to pink. These are certainly on the pink end. However, since this is also the time of year that our epiphylums are flowering, they're easy to overlook. That would certainly be a mistake.

Euphorbia ambovombensis

And look, it's even flowering!
OK, yes it's flowering, but the great thing about this plant is the caudex that is forming under the soil level.
And - of course - it would do even better if we could remember to water it!

Euphorbia lactea crested and variegated

This is an old plant which we've grown for many years, a crest with two kinds of variegation. It's in an 8.5 inch (21.59 cm.) diameter pot. In an effort to begin reducing our stock, we have this up on E-bay

Euphorbia flanaganii flowers

One of the Medusa Head Euphorbias, this one puts out quite a display of flowers. Several of ours are flowering right now.
And we're almost ready for the OCSS show and sale. We've potted up enough plants to fill 35 or so flats, plus some specimens. Now comes the fun of transporting them all there. The show begins on Friday at 9 am and ends Sunday at 4 pm. I'll be giving a presentation on succulent plants at 1 pm on
Saturday.
This all takes place at Portland Nursery, 5050 SE Stark St. in Portland. Hope to see some of you there (specifically, those who are in the Portland area; but if you want to fly in :) we'll give you the red carpet treatment!

Euphorbia milii 'Fireworks'

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Enjoy your plants!

Euphorbia milii 'Fireworks'

When we first obtained these plants they were unlabeled, but we've been told by others that it is the cultivar 'Fireworks'. The red color various according to the time of year and the conditions.

It continues to be dry with no rain in the forecast, but the nights are beginning to get cooler (mid 40s F). Tomorrow, though, we should have another nice, sunny day in the mid to upper 70s (F). Ideal.

Euphorbia lactea crested variegate graft

The colors on these can be quite variable. This one has some of the most outstanding reds I've ever seen. These are always grafted, as the lack of chlorophyll inevitably would lead to an early death if grown on their own roots. The multicolored part on top is called the "scion" and the green section it's grafted onto is called the "stock". This one seems to be grafted onto adequate stock, but the problem with some of these popular grafts is that the stock isn't adequate for the scion as it grows to a mature plant. At that point it sometimes needs to be re-grafted.

Euphorbia flanaganii

Another plant that's flowering right now is Euphorbia flanaganii. It's an easy and classic  Euphorbia, native to Cape Province in South Africa, with all those "snakes" going out in all directions

We had a good turnout on a somewhat dreary and cool day. We're hoping for nicer weather tomorrow. (I corrected the name. I was just too tired on that day. July 25)

Euphorbia hybrid

I don't know the name on this Euphorbia cultivar but we've had it around for a while and it's getting fairly large, inspite of our neglect. I took this picture fairly late in the day today - probably 7 pm - so the light wasn't the best, but even then it's pretty impressive. I'm sure it's one of the giant Thai hybrids.

Enjoy your plants!

Euphorbia millotii

A plant from the weird side of things tonight, weird but strikingly beautiful nonetheless: Euphorbia millotii from Madagascar. Critically endangered in its habitat, it's not that difficult to grow, and when it flowers, it's quite impressive.

Euphorbia symmetrica

Now considered by many authorities to be a subspecies of Euphorbia obesa, these were seeded as E. symmetrica. For the novice - or even the expert - it's pretty difficult to tell the difference. Right now, these are getting through our grey days without much sun to bring out the colors. Even when it is sunny, as it has been quite often this winter, the angle of the sun is too low to make much of a difference. Ah, but later this spring...

Euphorbia forest

Well, OK, it's not really a forest. Just a small tray filled with little Euphorbia heads. Kind of reminds me of the feeling I got as a small child surrounded by a pressing crowd of adults oblivious to my existence... Maybe these need to be transplanted. :)

Euphorbia 'Lemon Kiss'

This is one of Lynn-Marie's crosses; she calls it 'Lemon Kiss'. The photo doesn't quite bring out the yellow hue correctly, but it's close.

There's just not enough time in the day to get all the work done that needs to get done. Help!!!

Euphorbia obesa ssp. symmetrica

Often listed either as Euphorbia symmetrica or totally swallowed up within E. obesa, this is a beautiful form of  the plant. For now, we'll accept the monicker:  Euphorbia obesa subsp. symmetrica. This is still a small plant but the markings are already impressive. From the first year we started growing succulents, back in ancient times ;), we've always kept this or one of it's cousins close at hand.

Euphorbia stenoclada

We've had this old specimen for a long time and it gets the "rough" treatment...meaning it gets ignored a lot. The main trunk's a little bedraggled, but otherwise it doesn't seem to mind. It does quite well, no matter what we do or don't do. I kinda like that about it. They're a plant from the South in Madagascar. Of course. Where else? And they grow to 20 ft. tall in their natural habitat. Maybe our grandkids will live long enough! (Ours is about 3 feet tall.)

It's common name is "Silver Thicket". Ours has never been especially "silver". Maybe it's just an odd ball...or maybe it's just the Oregon weather. Sure, that's it. The Oregon weather has been receiving a lot of complaints recently by people getting tired of overcast days, so why not one more thing!

Euphorbia with Spider

You can tell it's Fall. Even though it's been too cool this summer for the tomatoes to ripen (we got our 1st ripe one today!), the garden spiders are growing fat and sassy. This one's taken up a post on our Euphorbia in the back yard. Just sits there...waiting...