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Interesting foliage of the butterfly attractor, Euphorbia heterophylla or
Mexican Fireplant or Milkweed or Mole Plant or Summer Poinsettia
or Japanese Poinsettia or Hypocrite Poinsettia or Wild Poinsettia or
Painted Leaf or Catalina plant
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Euphorbia heterophylla
(Mexican Fireplant, Milkweed, Mole Plant, Summer Poinsettia, Japanese Poinsettia, , Hypocrite Poinsettia, Wild Poinsettia, Painted Leaf, Catalina) |
Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)
Origin: Tropical America
Light: Full sun
Height: 2-3'
Spacing: 2-3'
Blooms: Greenish, capsules on top of cluster of leaves,
mid-Summer
Foliage: Shape varies
from fiddly-shape to linear,
dark green, upper leaves hasve small red blotches
Soil: Well-drained,
sandy, poor
Water: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds
Uses: Xeriscaping, borders, rock garden
Caution: All parts of plant poisonous, wear gloves, milky,
latex-like sap from broken stems cause skin and eye irritation. This plant
can be invasive
Comments: Euphorbia heterophylla or Mexican Fireplant or
Milkweed or Mole Plant or Summer Poinsettia or Japanese Poinsettia or Hypocrite
Poinsettia or Wild Poinsettia or Painted Leaf or Catalina is a beautiful
tender tropical drought tolerant plant with an erect growth habit.
In mid-Summer, it's delighful to watch the bees and butterflies
gathering around the greenish
blosssoms of Mexican Fireplant. The upper leaves of Japanese
Poinsettia have interesting red blotches on them hence the common name
Painted Leaf. This perennial plant is drought tolerant and is easily
propagated from seeds. Once planted, you will always have them in
your garden; excess plants can be easily removed. Catalina
is carefree and low maintenance and do not tolerate the cold. They make
excellent xeriscaping plants. Grown en masses, Hypocrite
Poinsettia adds color to a rock garden or the borders. Mole
Plant is an easy starter plant for any beginner.
USDA Hardiness Zones : 4-10 |
