Talcott, make sure your COT is getting enough light..throughuot the yr.. Mine are kept in a west window in winter and outdoors in summer, bloom all yr..Flowers should last more than a day..something's wrong. Give your plant a hearty drink when thirsty..I let soil dry between waterings, and fertilize in spring/summer w/all purpose plant food..Toni

I had few plants in pot and I left side by side..all the colors planted initially was different colors but when plant grew big side by side and plants started flowering it was all same color...why was that and what can be done next?

"..... would 2 that will not be chopped help to 'support' growth of the stem without any live growth?" In a sense, yes. Some plants reliably form adventitiousbuds. Euphorbs tend to be a little hit and miss, with more hitting than missing, so the odds favor the plant will back-bud ..... you just can't be certain. I'm guessing the reason is, the building blocks plants use to form new cells and keep their systems orderly (nutrients) are supplied in the nutrient stream. Branches with leaves use more water (transpiration), so they PULL more nutrients (building blocks) up the branch. Succulents are usually very good at in habiting water loss to the air, so w/o foliage the volume of nutrients the stubbed off stem gets will be minimal. If It was my plant, I'd probably separate the CoT from the other plant AND chop it AND root prune while I'm at it, in part because I'm 99% sure any cuttings I start at this time of year will strike .... but that's just how I think. The safe bet would be chop one hard, prune one back to just a few healthy leaves, and leave one alone. That way you're positive you'll have at a minimum two viable plants and 2 potentially viable cuttings. If the one you chop hard back-buds - your golden and you'll know you can rely on that in the future. I know the white one I have back-buds on bare stems, but I still didn't tempt fate. I cut out a lot of stems that didn't already have at least 1 lateral to cut back to. I'm not trying to influence what you do - just kicking around some ideas. Al

Hi, Rina - Nice to see you! In my original post, you'll see that I cut off half of one tall leggy stalk as a trial & error experiment. I then cut that top piece in half and potted them both after 1 week, being sure to maintain the same orientation on the headless piece. The part with a head (flowers & leaves) never lost a leaf and rooted perfectly. The headless piece never rooted after 3 months so I threw it out. I want to know if perhaps that was a fluke ... if perhaps the headless pieces do root in time and throw up new shoots (new plants!) from the base. Or do they just NOT root at all. I am being annoyingly specific because I don't want to ruin my mother's millis. When I came here to be her caregiver last year (she's 82 and living with vascular dementia), the gardens were overgrown and abandoned. I've restored everything for her and we're surrounded by flowers again. She is always so happy in her garden but can only water now....and enjoy her flowers, which makes us both very happy.