Euphorbia donii (Dixter Form)
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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 donii (Dixter Form)   

Dwelling above 5000 ft. throughout the eastern Himalayas in forest clearings and grazed hillsides, this superb robust species sports olive-green foliage with a springtime rubescent blush and distinctive milky white midribs. Staunch, red-imbued clumping stems bolster summer blooming lime-yellow inflorescences. We spotted this unique form of Euphorbia donii at Christopher Lloyd’s Great Dixter years ago and have since enjoyed its cool-colored bracts swaying amid Sanguisorba ‘Red Thunder’ in our own garden.

Blooms June – October.

Size: 5' high x 4' wide; hardy to zone 5.

Euphorbia donii (Dixter Form) (P-1594)
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Other selections in this genus

• Euphorbia amygaloides ‘Ruby Glow’
• Euphorbia ‘Blue Haze’
• Euphorbia ‘Canyon Gold’
• Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
• Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘John Tomlinson’
• Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘Lambrook Gold’
• Euphorbia characias ‘Portuguese Velvet’
• Euphorbia characias ‘Red Wing’
• Euphorbia ‘Dean’s Hybrid’
• Euphorbia ‘Excalibur’
• Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fern Cottage’
• Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’
• Euphorbia griffithii ‘Great Dixter’
• Euphorbia ‘Helen Robinson’
• Euphorbia ‘Jade Dragon’
• Euphorbia longifolia
• Euphorbia mellifera
• Euphorbia myrsinites
• Euphorbia polychroma ‘Candy’
• Euphorbia rigida
• Euphorbia sikkimensis