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Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid

Flower Season
  • Fall
Mature Size
20" 18" 51cm 46cm
Height: 14" - 20"
Spread: 12" - 18"
Height: 36cm - 51cm
Spread: 30cm - 46cm
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  • Details

    14 - 20 Inches
    16 - 18 Inches
    12 - 18 Inches
    36cm - 51cm
    41cm - 46cm
    30cm - 46cm

    Features

    Yellow-green flowers in spring with burgundy foliage in cold weather

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    Fall Interest
    Drought Tolerant

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    14 - 20 Inches 36cm - 51cm
    Spacing: 
    16 - 18 Inches 41cm - 46cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Green
    Flower Shade: 
    Green
    Foliage Colors: 
    Brown
    Foliage Shade: 
    Bronze
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in containers and beds

    Maintenance Notes: 

    These plants begin blooming in early spring and by late spring to early summer they are done. Deadheading won't keep them blooming longer. However, removing the old flowers once the plant has finished blooming will encourage the plant to branch more and the next spring you should see an increase in flowers thanks to a better branched plant.

    Perennial Euphorbias should be pinched or topped down to 4 to 6 inches above the ground in mid spring. This will give the plant time to branch and develop enough body and structure to bear the winter's cold. As the temperature drops in the fall and early winter flower buds initiate that will bloom in spring (providing the winter has been mild enough not to freeze the dormant buds.) You can protect the plant from these winter temperature fluctuations with heavy mulch or even rose cones.

    Plants in the spurge family often will bleed a milky, white sap if cut or wounded. This sap is a form of latex. Most people will have little or no reaction due to sap exposure from the euphorbia that Proven Winners sells. However, people with sensitive skin or latex allergies should be cautious when handling euphorbia. Poinsettias are in this same family. If you have ever experienced a skin irritation due to contact with poinsettias you should be cautious with all euphorbia.

    An improved variety featuring evergreen, smooth foliage and burgundy cool-weather color. Bushy, compact habit, drooping and non-curling leaves.

    Efanthia Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid 'Imprefant' USPP 16,908, Can 2,725
  • 13 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • this is a beautiful shrub.it is dark maroon in the winter. mine got buried in the snow for a week and it didn't phase it. I love this plant.

      patti foreman
      , California
      , United States
      , 10 years ago
    • great plant with wonderful natural and netural green colors. great size for small to medium areas,

      larry treadaway
      , 12 years ago
    • Emily Granger
      , Virginia
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Fast growing and beautiful.

      Derek
      , California
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • This plant is a stunning accent with flowers that last the majority of the summer. Our only regret is having a brutal freeze last october that killed it.

      Rick
      , Montana
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Love it -Can't find it to buy more

      Russell Studebaker
      , Indiana
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Planted about 3-4 yrs ago- it stays neat, compact- beautiful leaf color, interesting flower that was still intact on the plant to use in a Xmas arrangement. Only wish I could find them again. No one seems to have heard of them.

      Peggy
      , Indiana
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Nice winter addition to pots

      Tommye Kepp
      , Georgia
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • I keep this plant indoors over the winter in a cool room. It is beautiful as it changes colors. In Spring I move the plant outside adding color to my front porch

      Connie
      , Pennsylvania
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • I love this plant. The folige is beautiful and the bloom is unique. I plantrd in containers and they only made it for 2 years. I'm trying to find this plant again. I would buy it every year inorder to keep in my garden.

      Tina Jacobs
      , South Carolina
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
  • 11 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2008 Best of Breed for Winter North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum
    2008 Best of Breed for Winter North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum
    2008 Best of Breed for Winter North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum
    2005 Classic City Awards University of Georgia
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Classic City Awards University of Georgia
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Classic City Awards University of Georgia
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
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