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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceEUPHORBIA characias
Commonly known as Spurge, Wolf's milk
Flowers green with chocolate centres
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Evergreen - linear to oval, grey-green to 13cm (5in) long.
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Brown or black - brown centres
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Green
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Height - 1.2m (4ft) -
Spread - 1.2m (4ft)
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Medium shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height - upright shrub with biennial shoots and clumps of erect, densely-woolly, purple-tinged stems. Flowers in spherical, terminal cymes 10-30cm (4-12in) long.
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Hardy - average winter - Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) -
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Caution, toxic if eaten, may cause skin allergy or irritant - These plants are toxic if eaten and may also cause a skin allergy, rash, irritation to eyes and skin. -
Additional Features - Good to know - - cut out flowered shoots if seed is not required. Wildlife plant - insects -
Pests & Diseases - aphids, grey mould. -
Place of origin - Portugal, western Mediterranean. -
Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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Soil Conditions - Medium to light, fertile, well drained soil -
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Euphorbia - Care Guide
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Buy Varieties of EUPHORBIA characias
EUPHORBIA characias 'Black Pearl' >
Commonly known as: Spurge, Wolf's milk.
Flowers are greenish-yellow with a distinctive black eye
EUPHORBIA characias 'Silver Swan' >
Commonly known as: Spurge, Wolf's milk.
Dazzling silver variegated foliage and silver variegated flower heads
EUPHORBIA characias 'Tasmanian Tiger' >
Commonly known as: Spurge, Wolf's milk.
A variegated form with a neat shape and one of the most attractive leaf-flower combinations
EUPHORBIA characias wulfeni >
Commonly known as: Spurge, Wolf's milk.
Extra large flowers, lime-green
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