Euphorbia milii, commonly known as Crown of Thorns, is a member of the Euphorbia, or Spurge family, which includes the poinsettia and castor bean plants. Grown as a garden plant in warmer climates, in ...

If you have little interest in garden design and just want to decorate your yard with plants that have exotic looks, you can do that by focusing entirely on two botanical genera: Euphorbia and ...

My first recollection of the plant crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) was at my aunt’s home in the 1950s. I noted that the stems were covered with thorns and ended with vibrant red flowers. The thorns ...

The Crown of Thorns plant, Euphorbia milii, is a native of Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. It is amazing that the Crown of Thorns is popular in ...

Many of us look for greenery or flowering plants to brighten our homes during the dreary winter months. But a number of readers said they have “black thumbs” and kill every houseplant they buy. I ...

Many people are familiar with Crown of Thorns, which also is called Christ's thorns, or Christ's plant. It is Euphorbia milii (synonym E. splendens), one of the oldest commonly grown houseplants in ...

Richard Dawson sent me an email saying that he had gone over a few dendrology books but kept getting stumped as to the name of a tree growing in his garden. "I have attached a photo for your perusal ...

Q. I bought an Euphorbia milii plant in early March from my local nursery in Hyderabad and it had two stems of pink flowers. The nursery man transplanted it into another pot for me on request but it ...

POINSETTIA (Euphorbia pulcherrima) - A yuletide favourite. In Australia, reducing the length of exposure to daylight in a controlled environment brings the poinsettia to bloom at Christmas time. Grown ...