Ugly Duckling Euphorbias
Some of my Euphorbias sure look pretty ugly when they go dormant. They don't exactly look beautiful when they don't have any leaves, but when they're in the process of losing them, they look worse :-( The leaves just seem to want to hang on... I wish they'd just fall off already, lol...
Can't wait until spring!
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stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
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bikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MI
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoWendy, I assume the top pic is Euphorbia millotii. Maybe because I keep my Greenhouse warm for other plants, like orchids and ant plants, mine has never lost all its leaves.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked bikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MIstupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agoYep, milottii. Yours looks beautiful. I bought mine last year, in February I think. It was flowering then, but had no leaves. Now it's losing leaves and flowering at the same time. It looked beautiful last summer...
Now it's in our house, so it isn't too cold. Probably going dormant due to less light and my cutting back on water.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agoOn the other hand my little variegated poissonii are still looking beautiful...
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
5 years agoI’ve got some ugly ducklings, but they are not all Euphorbia. You think your E. millotii is ugly. Mine gets the blue ribbon for ugliest duckling;)! I bought it summer of 2017 and it was a stick. This year it has at least started to get branching. This one is gonna be a long road before it looks good;). It’s small the container it’s in is a 2 inch pot.
E. unispina
Ugly Pachypodiums;)
Cyphostemma juttae
These two Euphorbia are still lookin just as good as they did during the summer. The one on the left has become one of my fav plants;).
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked Kara 9b SF Bay Area CAstupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agostupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agougly Pachypodiums...
An ugly Adenium seedling...
Cyphostemma 'Fat Bastard'
Fockea capensis...
It's going to be a long winter.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agoKara, what is the Euphorbia on the left? Is the one on the right bupleurifolia? Mine are all looking kind of bald (or nearly so) except for the youngest seedlings.
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoYes it is a bupleurifolia, but I have it about 20 inches away from a heater vent next to a south facing window. So I’m guessing that’s why it hasn’t dropped it’s leaves. I’m sure if I put it out in my garage, which is dark and about 50F right now it would start dropping leaves;). I think it will grow all through the winter. Check out the new growth.
I haven’t potted up the seeds you gave me yet. I want to wait till spring. They’re sitting in my pantry waiting;).
Idk if I told you this, I think I did, but that little container you sent them in is perfect!stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked Kara 9b SF Bay Area CAKara 9b SF Bay Area CA
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agobikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MI
5 years agoI use gritty fines, some add organic to their mix. These are obviously obesa seedlings
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked bikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MIstupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agoKara, like Howard, I use gritty fines for Euphorbia seeds. My bupleurifolia seedlings are under lights and on a heating mat, but still go dormant for a while. I wonder if certain clones/strains can be more prone to going dormant.
Nik, I actually love the shapes of Pachypodiums and Adeniums. I also love crested and monstrose forms of plants, so, when I call plants ugly, it's mostly tongue in cheek :-)
And then there's E. platyclada, which looks kind of dead no matter what time of year it is...
Even when it's flowering
isde02(zone5b)
5 years agoPlenty of ugly plants over here lol. My 2 Trochomeriopsis Diversifolia were the first to go bald on me in the middle of fall.
The Jatropha podagrica dropped their leaves from drafts but have started growing again.
Then there's the various bald, adenium, pachypodium, euphorbia and plumeria.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a thanked isde02(zone5b)bikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MI
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Well, here’s another one. Jatropha berlandieri. One is on its way out, while its mate seems to be hanging in there.
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