Water

Euphorbia squarrosa

Green spiny branches atop an irregular caudex which is underground in habitat. Green inflorescence with yellow and red centers.

Euphorbia stygiana

Evergreen Perennial

From the Azores, where it is critically endangered in habitat. Perennial spurge with upright stems holding green bract fragrant flowers late winter through summer. Deer and gopher resistant!

Euphorbia suzannae

Multi-ribbed globe with prominent tubercules and tap root. Forms clusters. Greenish brown flowers with sulphur-yellow centers.

Euphorbia teke

Thickets of small arborescent green stems. Large green leaves at stem tips, drop quickly in full sun.

Euphorbia tirucalli

Pencil-like stems. Will grow to a fully branched 20ft. tall tree where hardy outside in the ground. Grows well indoor as a houseplant, 7 to 8 ft. tall. Red-tipped in full sun. The milky latext sap is poisonous and can cause skin irritation. One of the most poisonous houseplants. Keep away from children.

Euphorbia trichadenia

Yellow flowers with frilled edges in the forks of the leaves. Large cork-like caudex grows 8-10″. Strappy green leaves in vining stems.

Euphorbia trigona

E. hermentiana

Lots of tight vertical branches, leafy; green with white patterning. Can grow to 8 to 12ft tall, but can be kept below 8ft indoor in a pot with very low watering, good sun, and not too much fertilizer.

Euphorbia trigona “Rubra”

E. hermentiana

Lots of tight vertical branches, leafy; green with white patterning with a hint of red will turn bright red in sun. Can grow to 8 to 12ft tall, but can be kept below 8ft indoor in a pot with very low watering, good sun, and not too much fertilizer.

 

Euphorbia umbraculiformis

Wide spreading branches with green-leafed rosettes at the ends through the summer and fall. Keep dry in winter.

Euphorbia unispina

Forms a small cluster of tall stems, to 12ft., with an outcropping of green leaves at the top. Keep indoor in winter. Fast draining soil.

Euphorbia wallichii

Evergreen Shrub

Lush green leaves. Striking golden yellow flowers in late spring. Will handle clay soils.

Euphorbia x martinii

Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial

Blooms May thru July with red pistils, fades to buff. Foliage turns bronze/red in Fall. Deer resistant. Good for cut flowers.

Euphorbia xanti

Open branched, deciduous succulent shrub.

Large perennial shrub with pencil-like branches topped with exploding small cherry-like pink blossoms in spring through summer. Can spread and form large stands.

Euphorbia “Copton Ash”

Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial
Remains fairly dense year-round. Gray foliage, sulphur-yellow blooms all summer long. Deer-resistant.

Euphorbia “Red Velvet”

E. amygdaloides “Red Velvet”

Evergreen shrub

Thick velvety dark reddish leaves on full stems. Large bloom sprays of green bracts and mixed brightly-colored blooms. Deer-resistant.

Faucaria bosscheana

Small green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth glossy surface. Variable, can be nearly toothless. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes. Yellow flowers.

Faucaria felina

Green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth surface. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes.

Faucaria tuberculosa

F. felina ssp. tuberculosa

A dark-green leafed mesemb, with teeth-like tubercules on surface

Fenestraria aurantiaca

2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers range from off-white to yellow/gold.

While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers and subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers.

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers are white.

While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers and subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers.

Ferocactus

The barrel cacti of the North American deserts, globose to cylindrical forms.

Ferocactus glaucescens

Solitary or multistemmed globular barrels to 20″d. Bluish hue, flattened top, brownish-yellow recurved spines.