Euphorbia Neriifolia Variegata

Euphorbia neriifolia, the "oleander-leafed spurge," is a large much branched xerophytic fleshy shrub, which sometimes grows into a small tree 2-6 metres, or more in height with rounded branches.
The Main trunk and larger branches are round and terete, the younger branchlets somewhat verticillate, without articulations, fleshy, cactus-like, swirled, light-green, glabrous, 8-30(-40) mm thick, often leafless, and spine shield in 5 distinct rows on more or less distinct angles (not winged) which are are visible for a long time.
Spine are short (1-4 mm long), paired sharp, persistent, greyish-brown to black, from low conical truncate distant spirally arranged tubercles 2-5 mm hight and 2-3 cm apart.
The leaves towards the end of branches, fleshy, alternate, subsessile, ovate, oblong or spathulate (5-)10-18(-30) cm long by (1.5-)3-4(-7.5) cm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex rounded and hairless. Leaves are deciduous, persistent during the vegetation period and falling in the late summer/ fall.
Flowers: Flattened-globose 1.5-2 mm x 4-5 mm, reddish, prominent in groups of tree, the central one subsessile, the lateral ones with a peduncle of 6-7 mm, cyathial glands 5 oblong, 1-3 mm broad. Corolla absent but the involucre has two nearly round to ovate, bright red bracts 3-7 mm long.

LIGHT: Med - Full sun

WATER: Dought tolerant

NATIVE: India

This plant will be shipped bare root. Please pot it up in a very well draining cactus soil mix or pick up a bag of our Custom Cactus Mix

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If temperatures where you live will be much lower than 20℉ even heat packs may not work. You may considder waiting until things warm up a bit. We know you love your plants just like we do and we wouldn't want any of them to freeze.