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Euphorbiaceae
Wood spurge
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Also known as Euphorbia amygdaloides, Robb's spurge, Esula amygdaloides, Forest spurge
Native Plants · Shade Plant · Woodland Garden · Evergreen · Chartreuse · Euphorbia · Low Maintenance · Perennial · Spring Interest · Toxic Sap · Ground Cover
Wood spurge is an attractive, shade-tolerant evergreen perennial that brings year-round interest with its dark foliage and chartreuse spring flower bracts. It thrives in partial shade under trees or in woodland garden settings with moist, well-drained soil. Handle with care, as all parts of the plant produce a milky sap that can irritate skin and eyes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil lightly moist but never waterlogged; drought tolerant once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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