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    EUPHORBIA epithymoides 'Bonfire'
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    EUPHORBIA epithymoides 'Bonfire'

    Commonly known as Spurge, Spurge, Wolf's milk

    Blue-green leaves flushed with flame-like red-purple shades, becoming dark red in autumn. Yellow flowers
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    1 to 1.5 Litre   - Click to view photo - Early in the year, typically January til end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch
    Delivery Information
    Available Early Spring 2025
    individually £13.50 each , 3+ £11.00 each 
    Available Early Spring 2025 - Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
     
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    • Pests & Diseases
      Aphids, grey mould
    • Place of origin
      Central and southern Europe, Turkey
    • Deciduous
      Obovate to elliptic-oblong leaves 3.5-5cm (1½-2in) long
    • Border
      Suits a mixed or herbaceous border
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      40cm (16in)
    • Spread
      60cm (24in)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Clump-forming herbaceous perennial. Long-lasting cyathia cupped by showy, bright, greenish yellow involucres in terminal cymes 4-8cm (1½-3in) across
    • Hardy - very cold winter
      Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich
    • Medium to light, fertile, well drained soil
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • skin & eye irritant
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • toxic if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      40cm (16in)
      Herbaceous - guide for size not form Hand Trowel
        60cm (24in)
       
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Carbon Gold
    Biochar is a carbon rich form of charcoal specifically designed for soil application to improve plant growth and health. Biochar is a very stable substance that is not broken down in soils, offering long-term soil benefits.
    1 ltr tub
    £11.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
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    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
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