Euphorbia Problem

 

I have a Variagated  Euphorbia that is about 4 years old. It's about
3ft high and not a rampant grower. Lately, it has stopped producing
new shoots from the base and I'm afraid I'm going to lose it. What can
I do to encourage new growth, if anything? Many thanks

 



Whatever you do to keep the plant do please be careful as you can have a
very bad reaction, I wont have them in my garden because of this, they cause
blisters rashes etc. burns. Interesting subject this are you reading the
parsnip one ?

 


|> >I have a Variagated  Euphorbia that is about 4 years old. It's about
|> > 3ft high and not a rampant grower. Lately, it has stopped producing
|> > new shoots from the base and I'm afraid I'm going to lose it. What can
|> > I do to encourage new growth, if anything? Many thanks
|>
|> Whatever you do to keep the plant do please be careful as you can have a
|> very bad reaction, I wont have them in my garden because of this, they cause
|> blisters rashes etc. burns. Interesting subject this are you reading the
|> parsnip one ?

Again, people vary in sensitivity.  Euphorbia is one of the groups
where most people are sensitive to the sap, though it is not even in
the same league as the sumachs.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

 

Nick Maclaren wrote:

Depends which member of the Euphorbiaceae you are looking at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

--
Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)

 


|> >
|> > Again, people vary in sensitivity.  Euphorbia is one of the groups
|> > where most people are sensitive to the sap, though it is not even in
|> > the same league as the sumachs.
|>
|> Depends which member of the Euphorbiaceae you are looking at:
|>
|> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

I didn't know of that one!  Even if that is only mostly true, it
does sound worse than even the Toxicodendron genus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.