![]() ![]() Tags: #evergreen #poisonous #full sun tolerant #houseplant #cpp #well-drained soil #flowering shrub #spines #fantz #container plant Variegated white and green leaves with a pink tinge Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for " Houseplants, Succulents, and Cacti", a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Potential insect pests include scale, mealybug, thrips. As with most indoor plants, potential disease pests include leaf spots, stem and root rots and botrytis blight. You can propagate the plant from cuttings, but let sap dry before placing the cutting in a growing medium.ĭiseases, Insects, and Other Plant Problems: ![]() The plant is often used as a specimen plant for interiors with high light or as annual outdoor plant.Ĭrown of Thorns prefers bright light, dry soil and low relative humidity. The long spines are dangerous to inattentive gardeners, children and pets. The flowers will bloom throughout the year. Cyclical leaf drop is normal, but messy and preceeds the plant's resting season (usually winter). Sticky, showy, paired-bract flowers on gray stems with long spines identify this plant. You can propagate the plant from tip cuttings however, because the resulting white latex sap causes a mild poisonous reaction when in contact with skin or eyes, wear gloves when working with this plant. If grown outside in hot summer climates, provide the plant with midday shade and moderate moisture for better flower bloom. ![]() It is an easy to grow indoor plant where it prefers a sunny location in soil-based potting mix. Because it does not like wet, cold soils or temperatures below 35 degrees F. In its country of origin (Madagascar) the plant will grow to 5 or 6 feet tall however, in the United States, it typically grows to 3 feet, or 2 feet when grown as a houseplant.Ĭrown of Thorns grows best in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. The plant is loose in form, spiny and irregularly shaped, with thick, black spines and its historic presence in the Middle East led to the belief by some that the stems of this plant had been used in Christ's crown of thorns, hence the common name. ![]() The flowers are enclosed within long-lasting and bright bracts of red or yellow. See below DescriptionĬrown of Thorns is a deciduous, herbaceous, perennial shrub with bright green leaves and greenish flowers. Phonetic Spelling yoo-FOR-bee-ah MIL-ee-eye This plant has low severity poison characteristics. ![]()
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