Euphorbia hedyotoides Size:5-inch Pot Mexico with a thickly swollen

Mexico with a thickly swollen trunk and tan to reddish peeling bark

very large with showy pink bracts and large green flowers with the ‘clock spring’ petals that give the subgenus its name

both species highly fragrant but the hybrid of the two barely so

but because it is also slow growing

The mother plant of this was 25 inches across

Euphorbia hedyotoides Size:5-inch Pot Mexico with a thickly swollenTHIS PLANT IS ON C. I. T. E. S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED A woody shrub like spineless Euphorbia from southern Madagascar, which forms a silver barked trunk and full crown of branches with narrow dark green gray leaves. Most amazing is the size of the caudex it ultimately makes, a gourd like, woody main root up to 6 inches thick which can be elevated above the soil. Makes a great succulent bonsai subject.