Re: euphorbia Red Martin?

Sorry, no hints based on experience, but that is one I have been wanting
and wondering about.  Have read enthusiastic nursery catalog descriptions,
but not seen it in person; haven't even found a really good, clear photo of
it.  What's it like? I have read that it is a cross between E. characias
and E. amygdaloides and can favor either parent, as it is variable.  Keep
waiting for my plants to produce some interesting self sown crosses, but so
far nada although they grow right next to each other.

I'd imagine it wants about the same conditions as most of them...good
drainage is prime.  Only E. palustris (Swamp Spurge and a totally lovely
plant) is suitable for even bog conditions.  Most resent wet feet.  They
are fairly drought tolerant, but will droop if they get too dry.  E.
amygdaloides really seems to like a loose, organic rich soil.  E. characias
is said to dislike clay, but seems to grow in mine just fine, tho' it is
well drained.  I think E. characias is more sun loving than E.
amygdaloides, but it also grows well for me in partial sun; does not like
the really deepish shade that E. amygdaloides finds OK.  So, seems to me
it's a toss up.  Try it in full morning sun, good soil with good drainage
and see what happens.

E. characias is not as hardy for me as E. amygdaloides; I'll lose the large
plants in a really bitter winter tho' the seedlings are always to be found,
so you might want to give your cross a position protected from the worst of
winter winds.


Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Anelle Kloski <akloski@JPS.NET>
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 7:29 PM
>
> I have been following the messages about Euphorbias with interest,
> though I may have missed a couple.  I wanted to get some of the E.
> amygdaloides Rubra, so today we drove out to the nearby Canyon Creek
> Nursery, which has quite a few Euphorbias.  I also bought  E. x Martinii
> Red Martin, which the owner said he likes better than the Rubra.  I
> think he said it takes a bit more sun than the Rubra?  If anyone has
> grown these, do you have any hints for growing?
>
> Anelle  (Z.7, 3000' Sierra Nevada foothills of California)
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