Re: Cushion Spurge
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Cushion Spurge
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:05:53 -0600 (CST)
> Now I'm thinking that perhaps I should cut back for the winter. I've seen
> pictures of cushion spurge looking very... well... cushy and full. This
> poor specimen looks like it has a long way to go until that point. What
> does everyone recommend that I can do to get this through my zone 6a winter
> and how can I encourage a fuller plant? It only has three stems right now.
These plants are pretty darned tough. Just get it in the ground and in
a couple of years you'll have a plant that's plenty big. :) Sun to
part-shade is best, and unless you want millions of them throughout your
garden, an area without a lot of moisture is also good.
Marge Talt did an article on hardy Euphorbias in her Suite 101 column
this past June. She talks about Euphorbia epithymoides (or E. polychromata
for you older folks) in part II of her article:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/21860
Chris
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