Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Euphorbia
A three-ridged column set with small leaves: an irritant white latex runs beneath the bark, so handle it with gloves.
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Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Tropical Africa
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Maintenance
Easy
The African column
Native to central Africa, this euphorbia is not a cactus: its three-ridged columns carry real, deciduous little leaves, which cacti never have.
Its fast vertical growth makes it a structural plant, but any wound releases a white latex that irritates skin and is dangerous to the eyes.
"Euphorbia trigona has the shape of a cactus and the blood of a euphorbia."
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Styling Tip 01
Full sun
As much direct light as possible: without it the column stretches, pales and eventually leans over.
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Styling Tip 02
Sparse watering
One watering every two to three weeks in summer, none in winter: it rots faster than it dries.
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Styling Tip 03
Irritant latex
Wear gloves for any pruning or cutting, rinse immediately on contact, and keep it out of reach of children.
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Care
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