Don’t plant euphorbs near a fishpond. If any of the toxic sap gets into the water, your may have fish fatalities. One blew into my pond today, I quickly pulled it out. Its was dripping white sap into the water when I pulled it out, and within 10 minutes all the fish were at the top gasping for air. Four of them were dead an hour after the incident. I flooded the pond with dechlorinated water for a couple of hours to hopefully flush the toxins out. The other fish are no longer gasping at the top, so hopefully they will survive.
I really appreciate your joy for plants! Euphoria has become one of my most favorite parts of my garden and I love the plant I have. It is called Euphoria Ascot Rainbow. It is incredibly beautiful with variegated leaves and tiny deep burgundy flowers that are sappy.
I'm so glad you told us about the Euphorbia. I have that coming into my garden from my next door neighbours. I didn't know what it was! I will be sure to watch and be careful of it. Thank you for sharing! Love the channel.
Yeah, my grandma bought me an E. robbiae for my garden at her house when I was 12. Now almost 18 years later, it's a weed that shows up in random spots and takes over if you don't catch it in time.
Thank you for your video, I bought a house and found the Rubiforbiae in my garden. I didn't know what it was but now you have helped me identify. It has been spreading, so I put on some heavy duty rubber gloves and pulled it all up. It all broke at the stem, so the roots are still in the soil, but I'll keep pulling it out until it gives up, hopefully it will...
Yes, I learned the hard way about Euphorbia R. But it doesn't root too deeply and was easy enough to dig out. A great plant for a neglected shady area of the garden.
I didn't know that about Robbie so thank you so much! I still love it though. Euphorbias have really grown on me (not literally lol); it's funny to think I use to hate them - how embarrassing, as they are amazingly plants. Definitely ones to 'handle with caution' 😊❤️🌿
I'm very new to gardening and saw some of the first Euphorbia that you showed at a garden centre yesterday, liked it and decided to buy 2. I now have a couple of potted plants that I can't take back. But I also don't want to plant them now because of the dogs. I did have the thought of putting them in a tub around the front where the dogs don't go, but I don't even want to risk myself now either, so the burn bin they will go.
E. Wulfinii is great plant , i find it better in part shade . Some others can overtake ( griffithii .fireglow) but again all beautiful . I always try to consider vigor with vigor when planting. Thanks john .
I love the intricacy of spurge flowers! Until I knew what they were I called them outer space plants! :)) The color when they are peaking is spectacular (leafy spurge) blue orange chartreuse etc... They always seem to be covered/feathered with a white filament one of which I saw that was like a "tornado" shape of the stuff ready to be unraveled? Do you know any details about this? Thank you.
Very useful video. I have just planted the Robbie's variety in a raised boarder stone boarder with lady's mantel and nepeta racemosa. Does anyone know if this plant combo will survive.
I can vouch for that . I got it in my eye once and had to go to hospital to get it irrigated. It was incredibly painful. I'm not sure if it was a proper euphorbia or a wild one , but it doesn't matter. I dont advise getting it in your eye either. I do still grow them though . K
I inherited one that has grown so long that it doesn't stand up and is laying all over the ground, and pushed out it's neighbor sword fern. Does it propagate cuttings?
I have euphorbia called “Minors Merlo” it has the most beautiful flower stalks that are green and deep maroon leaves. I will certainly not like cutting off the stalks.....
I live in Arizona my Euphorbia keep dying. It is the monsoon season here so they are probably drowning due to all the rain. Very hot here and top soil is usually dry so I am lost on how often they should be watered??
i think i may have a version of this plant in my tiny garden - where it came from i have no idea, but the one i have has leaf sets at right angles to the set above/below alternately ( bit like propeller blades ) the 'flower' or seed pods are green and i found out this afternoon, while using one of the 'pods' to zero in my air rifle, that it oozes white sap like milk ( the pellet just grazed the top of bud/pod ) i was intrigued by this, hence my comment. When the pods 'dry' they apparently explode and fling seeds some distance - so i was told by someone who knows the plant. With the name it has, ( similar to euphoria ) i was thinking perhaps the 'milk' has some hallucinogenic properties - not that i'd be wanting to try it mind you !! Also, a question: i have a small gauge model railway, but i'd like a nice flowering plant which is very low to the ground and easy to keep under 'control' as the weeds have buried the track in places. Something which likes shade and yet is colourful.....any suggestions John ? ( i have mint in one place, but it 'swamps' the trackbed of the OO gauge railway )
I have a Hebe plant that i am very afraid to cut back because i don't know if it will come back if i do, Its very lanky and i don't think it looks how it should, The closer back to the base of the plant you get its got no leaves and i am scared to cut it back that far as i don't trust it will come back, do you happen to have any you could do a tutorial on please? It makes a lovely pink flower during the summer. Thank You
Dan Bana In my opinion Hebe don’t like to be pruned back. Especially into the woody areas. It’s a case of living with a large shrub or removing and replacing unfortunately
Very typical problem with hebe, unless you keep them pruned from year one, just like lavender, they just keep growing and growing and the get woody and they begin to collapse in parts and you get big gaps in them, best advice would be to bin it and put in either a new one and prune it every year after flowering, or plant something else
I have an evergreen Euphorbia I think Silver Swan got from u about 2 years ago. I ve not touched it. What do I do now to help it its gone leggy please.
Don’t plant euphorbs near a fishpond. If any of the toxic sap gets into the water, your may have fish fatalities. One blew into my pond today, I quickly pulled it out. Its was dripping white sap into the water when I pulled it out, and within 10 minutes all the fish were at the top gasping for air. Four of them were dead an hour after the incident. I flooded the pond with dechlorinated water for a couple of hours to hopefully flush the toxins out. The other fish are no longer gasping at the top, so hopefully they will survive.
I absolutely love E. robbiae, I would be happy with a garden full of it
I really appreciate your joy for plants! Euphoria has become one of my most favorite parts of my garden and I love the plant I have. It is called Euphoria Ascot Rainbow. It is incredibly beautiful with variegated leaves and tiny deep burgundy flowers that are sappy.
What a joy to watch you. Thank you for your expertise.
Good to see , in the windy garden John very informative ☘️ 👍
Great to see your garden really taking off. We here in Ontario the crocus are in full bloom and lots of things in bud. Take Care and Stay Safe.👍❤️😊
I love to watch and learn so much. I have them in the big pot. They look so unique and about 3' tall. Thank you for information as always.
I'm so glad you told us about the Euphorbia. I have that coming into my garden from my next door neighbours. I didn't know what it was! I will be sure to watch and be careful of it. Thank you for sharing! Love the channel.
Yeah, my grandma bought me an E. robbiae for my garden at her house when I was 12. Now almost 18 years later, it's a weed that shows up in random spots and takes over if you don't catch it in time.
Thank you for your video, I bought a house and found the Rubiforbiae in my garden. I didn't know what it was but now you have helped me identify. It has been spreading, so I put on some heavy duty rubber gloves and pulled it all up. It all broke at the stem, so the roots are still in the soil, but I'll keep pulling it out until it gives up, hopefully it will...
Yes, I learned the hard way about Euphorbia R. But it doesn't root too deeply and was easy enough to dig out. A great plant for a neglected shady area of the garden.
and the pollinators love it! especially the tiny ones!
I didn't know that about Robbie so thank you so much! I still love it though. Euphorbias have really grown on me (not literally lol); it's funny to think I use to hate them - how embarrassing, as they are amazingly plants. Definitely ones to 'handle with caution' 😊❤️🌿
Just love your videos John
I have both those euphorbias! Love them! Deer resistant too
I'm very new to gardening and saw some of the first Euphorbia that you showed at a garden centre yesterday, liked it and decided to buy 2. I now have a couple of potted plants that I can't take back. But I also don't want to plant them now because of the dogs.
I did have the thought of putting them in a tub around the front where the dogs don't go, but I don't even want to risk myself now either, so the burn bin they will go.
E. Wulfinii is great plant , i find it better in part shade . Some others can overtake ( griffithii .fireglow) but again all beautiful . I always try to consider vigor with vigor when planting. Thanks john .
Interesting plants. Handle with caution. Got it!
John another outstanding vlogg very captivating content. New youtube gardening channel here based in Cork City.
I love the intricacy of spurge flowers! Until I knew what they were I called them outer space plants! :)) The color when they are peaking is spectacular (leafy spurge) blue orange chartreuse etc... They always seem to be covered/feathered with a white filament one of which I saw that was like a "tornado" shape of the stuff ready to be unraveled? Do you know any details about this? Thank you.
Look forward to you reopening
Very useful video. I have just planted the Robbie's variety in a raised boarder stone boarder with lady's mantel and nepeta racemosa. Does anyone know if this plant combo will survive.
Thank you for that.. I'll keep my first small plant of this in a container. :-)
Euphorbia is a truly massive genus
very nice 👍
I can vouch for that . I got it in my eye once and had to go to hospital to get it irrigated. It was incredibly painful. I'm not sure if it was a proper euphorbia or a wild one , but it doesn't matter. I dont advise getting it in your eye either. I do still grow them though . K
What's the bamboo at either side of the door John and do they "run at the root"
Thank you, is it also a gopher purge plant ?
first plant you show, looks like a - monstrose cereus, sure you are not confusing the two ?
Bought one of these 3 weeks back and planted it, now thinking shall i bin it lol
Where i live...you can find these everywhere in mountains
Basicaly they are free
Mine is turning yellow as if it has been over watered (newly planted...very established). What should I do to save it please? Thank u
I inherited one that has grown so long that it doesn't stand up and is laying all over the ground, and pushed out it's neighbor sword fern. Does it propagate cuttings?
Hmm, what about lady's mantle as an alternative acid green shade plant?
I have euphorbia called “Minors Merlo” it has the most beautiful flower stalks that are green and deep maroon leaves. I will certainly not like cutting off the stalks.....
I live in Arizona my Euphorbia keep dying. It is the monsoon season here so they are probably drowning due to all the rain. Very hot here and top soil is usually dry so I am lost on how often they should be watered??
I got my grandma to plant an E. robbiae once because I liked the "flowers"... and then now, it's still a weed she pulls up 20 years later.
“A trap for the unwary” is Euphoria robbiae but great in the right place.
even the annual common spurge is a type of euphorbia.
Are they snail and slug resistant.
i think i may have a version of this plant in my tiny garden - where it came from i have no idea, but the one i have has leaf sets at right angles to the set above/below alternately ( bit like propeller blades ) the 'flower' or seed pods are green and i found out this afternoon, while using one of the 'pods' to zero in my air rifle, that it oozes white sap like milk ( the pellet just grazed the top of bud/pod ) i was intrigued by this, hence my comment. When the pods 'dry' they apparently explode and fling seeds some distance - so i was told by someone who knows the plant. With the name it has, ( similar to euphoria )
i was thinking perhaps the 'milk' has some hallucinogenic properties - not that i'd be wanting to try it mind you !! Also, a question: i have a small gauge model railway, but i'd like a nice flowering plant which is very low to the ground and easy to keep under 'control' as the weeds have buried the track in places. Something which likes shade and yet is colourful.....any suggestions John ? ( i have mint in one place, but it 'swamps' the trackbed of the OO gauge railway )
Sounds, like the plant that killed my fish. Your description is dead accurate.
Could the runners be contained by planting it in a bottomless pot in the ground? I like foliage very much and the fact that it like dry conditions.
Not really, it will either get badly congested over time when contained like that or it will escape over the rim sooner or later.
I have a Hebe plant that i am very afraid to cut back because i don't know if it will come back if i do, Its very lanky and i don't think it looks how it should, The closer back to the base of the plant you get its got no leaves and i am scared to cut it back that far as i don't trust it will come back, do you happen to have any you could do a tutorial on please? It makes a lovely pink flower during the summer. Thank You
Dan Bana In my opinion Hebe don’t like to be pruned back. Especially into the woody areas. It’s a case of living with a large shrub or removing and replacing unfortunately
Very typical problem with hebe, unless you keep them pruned from year one, just like lavender, they just keep growing and growing and the get woody and they begin to collapse in parts and you get big gaps in them, best advice would be to bin it and put in either a new one and prune it every year after flowering, or plant something else
Good lord, I would buy those plants just because of his accent.
I have herd they are poisonous is this right
Next time try Decafe
I have an evergreen Euphorbia I think Silver Swan got from u about 2 years ago. I ve not touched it. What do I do now to help it its gone leggy please.
Cut back last year’s flowering growth
Hi there, do you grow wisteria trees in Ireland.
Wisterias are at the edge of their range in Ireland and need a sunny warm spot to grow well
it is "euphorbia jolkini boiss" maybe
How do you get rid of that euphoria. Please
It's pretty easy to dig out, if it comes back next year dig it out again until there's nothing left.
@@milkshake3350thank you
Teddy plants what he wants.
Here I am looking for ways to eradicate this horrendous weed, only to find out folks who look after it in their gardens! 😀
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Dont see the point in europhobia tbh. No flowers and bees aren't interested.
I don't care for them. They seem lackluster compared to many of the beautiful choices you can plant in the garden.