I own a very rare euphorbia virosa from South Africa. It looks like a cactus but it’s not. I treat virosa with kid gloves and grow it separately from the rest of my plants. Just brushing across the ...

(This week Succulentophile gives way to an article by Peter Bangayan.) The genus Euphorbia is just one of 300 genera belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbias generally have small, ...

The pencil tree — sometimes called pencil cactus, though it’s unrelated to cactuses – is the world’s most common succulent Euphorbia. According to Fred Dortort, author of ‘’Succulent Plants of the ...

Winter is my favorite time to work in my succulent garden. It is nothing fancy because I place the plants haphazardly as I acquire them. One of those haphazard acquisitions was my Euphoribia tirucalli ...

If you're on a mission to find the perfect plant to grow in your home or garden, chances are you'll find it in the succulent section of your favorite plant nursery. What other type of plant has this ...

In a time of drought, it certainly sounds reasonable to select species for your garden that require little, if any, water. Many of these species fit into the succulent plant category, which includes ...

JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS: Succulents have a reputation for being low-care, which they are, but they still need some maintenance and spring is an ideal time of the year to give them some seasonal TLC. Let ...

The genus Euphorbia is just one of 300 genera belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbias generally have small insignificant flowers and most exude a milky sap, which in most plants are highly ...