General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 10 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Flowers: Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.

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Common names
  • Euphorbia
  • Cushion Spurge
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Euphorbia epithymoides
  • Synonym: Euphorbia polychroma

Photo Gallery
Location: Scarborough, ON
Date: 2020-05-17
Love this plant.
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2019-10-08
Uploaded by ge1836
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-06-09
Location: My yard, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-03
Spring color

Date: 2008-01-01
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date: 2017-08-13
Late summer photo, first season in the ground and it's getting we
Uploaded by ge1836

Date: 2016-04-19
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-19
fajj  is just as colorfull as spring!
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-04-16
Spring Flowers
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-04-16
Spring Flowers
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-05-02
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-05-27

Date: April 10, 2016

Date: 2012-05-03
Spring color
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Sept. 15, 2012

Date: 2012-04-27
Plant use in planting.

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Sep 16, 2012 
New plant
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-01-29
Winter dormant new growth, waiting for warm weather.
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-05-01

Date: 2021-08-08
Location: Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-06
Bottom center in July.Photo here is Purple Sedum and Lavander Mun
Location: Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-05-27
This is the May version of this enduring plant.It gradually turns
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MissMew On May 25, 2017 Obtained plant
Replaced middle plant
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