Euphorbia
‘Royal Velvet’
at Digging Dog

Euphorbia

Milkwort

Named after Euphorbus, physician to the king of Mauritania, this robust, sun-loving genus includes the familiar Poinsettia and is over 1600 species strong. Most species have a poisonous milky sap and softly colored bracts that surround subtly defined flowers. Autumn watches their narrow green leaves turn shades of red, orange and yellow.

Euphorbia ‘Royal Velvet’ 

Whorling around stout red-tinted stems, distinctively tailored velvetlike leaves emerge deep purplish red, then soften to a blue-green on top with plush rubescent shades below. Eight in. long flower spikes hold maroon-centered, glowing chartreuse flowers above the neat compact mound. A choice new evergreen hybrid between Euphorbia characias ‘Portuguese Velvet’ and Euphorbia x martinii ‘Red Martin’ that relishes good drainage, this must-have Euphorbia originated in Ernie and Marietta O’Byrne’s superb Eugene, Oregon garden.

Blooms April to mid-July.

Size: 2'–2-1/2' high x 2'–2-1/2' wide; hardy to zone 7.

AVAILABLE LATE APRIL 2008

Euphorbia Royal Velvet (P-1449)
Each $7.00
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