Euphorbia - Tall Spindly?

 

My euphorbia griffithii fireglow has spread and sent up shoots spaced about
a foot apart and now 2ft high and in flower. But in the recent rain,
because there is so much space between them, they have been knocked over.

It is supposed to be a bushy plant. Can anyone suggest what might be wrong?

DAvy

 


'Davy[_2_ Wrote:

sent up shoots

It isn't bushy in the sense of lots of branching. But I'd expect the
shoots to
be more densely packed than that. How long have you had it?
Could it be that
it's just looking for more fertile soil? In which case,
a good mulch could help.




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kay

 

Kay,

Was planted in Spring 2009.
Nothing special about the soil; other euphorbia (but different varieties)
growing multiple stems from one base. Very puzzling

DAvy

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'Davy[_2_ Wrote:

Different Euphorbias have different growths habits. I've found
griffithsii to be
rather spreading - it aims to colonise as much ground
as possible and so sends
up stems at a distance, rather like wood spurge
in that respect, whereas eg
characias, mellifera rely on becoming quite
big bushes in one space. I wonder
whether it's because griffithsii dies
down over winter? Mellifera gets big and
is less likely to be
overshadowed by anything else, whereas griffithsii has to
start afresh
each year.




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kay