Re: striking Euphorbia rigida cuttings?

Sean, et al:
 
"who knows where the seed ... originated" may be the key line here.
 
I'm pretty sure that wholesalers/growers produce E. rigida from seed rather than cuttings or divisions.  The seed is most likely from a  European source.  The see mother stock may have had some minor pollination contamination, hence the variation in the one seedling.
 
I'm sure vegetative propgation would get you exactly that plant.  Seeds from the specimen may produce something even more fun.
 
Joe

"Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@gimcw.org> wrote:
Hi Joe -

The garden owner said she purchased it at a nearby nursery (Berkeley
Horticultural) as E. rigida. That is not conclusive proof that it is, or that
it is not a hybrid with another. I've spent a far amount of time looking at
this guy (because of my interest) and it fairly looks representative of that
species. I have seen some hybrids of E. rigida & the closely related E.
myrsinites (Besty Clebsch has some nice seedling volunteers in her garden),
which look more of less intermediate between these two in height and laxness
of the stems. This plant seems like it might be expressing a certain amount
of laxness that many E. rigida specimens, so it might be a possible hybrid of
that type. Without having seen the batch of plants being offered by the
nursery (in 4in pots apparently), I can assess if the other bore any
resemblance to this plant or is they were a collection of 'variations on a
theme'.

I know of a few Euphorbia species that I can imagine might have been involved,
but these are not generally in our area - but then who knowns where the seed
for these plants might have originated!

Thanks everyone for your assurances - I will certainly make every effort I can
to propagate either this clone or its progeny.

Seán A. O'Hara
sean(at)gimcw.org
www.hortulusaptus.com
(ask about mediterranean climate gardening forum)


Joe Seals
Landscape Designer, Horticultural Consultant
Pismo Beach, California
Cell: 805-550-9272
Home/Office: 805-295-6039

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