medusa succulent plant Euphorbia caput-medusae – Planet Desert

medusa succulent plant Euphorbia caput-medusae – Planet DesertEuphorbia caput medusae is a sprawling, succulent shrub that resembles the head of Medusa, with a rosette of narrow, serpent like stems arising from a short, central caudex. The whole plant sometimes exceeds 1 meter in diameter, but more frequently is about 40 70 cm wide. Euphorbia caput medusae is an easy species to grow. Growing rate: It is a relatively slow growing and long lived plant and once established, it will be content in its position and

Euphorbia caput-medusae is a sprawling, succulent shrub that resembles the head of Medusa, with a rosette of narrow, serpent-like stems arising from a short, central caudex. The whole plant sometimes exceeds 1 meter in diameter, but more frequently is about 40-70 cm wide. Euphorbia caput-medusae is an easy species to grow.

Growing rate: It is a relatively slow growing and long-lived plant and once established, it will be content in its position and with its soil for years.

Exposure: It can tolerate moderate shade, and a plant that has been growing in shade should be slowly hardened off before placing it in full sun as the plant will be severely scorched if moved too suddenly from shade into sun.

Hardiness: This spurge has tolerated temperatures down to –6ºC and even a little snow. (USDA Zones 9-12)

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz