Euphorbia stenoclada

[Eric in Orlando]

I was at the TPIE show in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday and saw a cool plant I never seen before, Euphorbia stenoclada. It is very spiny and silvery colored. It makes a small tree and is native to Madagascar. And then today I was driving on the expressway near downtown. It has recently been expanded and they had just landscaped the median with lots of xeric plants. I couldn't believe it, about a dozen of these are planed in there. Anyone else familiar or growing this?

[Fouquieria]

I'm growing this one on the hillside Eric.  They are extremely easy here.  You just plant them somewhere out of the way and leave them alone.

-Ron-

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Looks kinda sorta like E tirucali, pencil tree.

Jerry

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Looks kinda sorta like E tirucali, pencil tree.

Jerry

[Eric in Orlando]

It does look like a pencil tree with spines and silver color added. It could be the Grinch's Christmas tree.

I found this photo on Flickr, taken on a beach near Ifaty, Madagascar;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_thyberg/2080416380/

[_Keith]

(Eric in Orlando @ Jan. 19 2008,09:21)

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It does look like a pencil tree with spines and silver color added. It could be the Grinch's Christmas tree.

I found this photo on Flickr, taken on a beach near Ifaty, Madagascar;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_thyberg/2080416380/

Now that is one tough tree.

[Jeff Searle]

Eric,

     Yes, what a cool plant. And, it won first place for best Unusual Plant at TPIE.  Guess it's not too rare after all.

Jeff

[Eric in Orlando]

I wonder if the highway dept. that landscaped the median got them from Boynton botanicals or if someone else is growing it, possibly Black Olive. They planted a nice mix of xerics in that median and even put in Dioon spinulosum, D. edule would have been a better choice. Wonder if these will walk away some night?

[Palmarum]

I bet you were surprised when you saw it growing along the roadside, I certainly would have been. I noticed the ones in the booth on Wednesday and thought, "These were some strange Euphorbias". I had never seen them before either. When they won the award I was not that surprised. I talked with one person from Boyton Botanicals and she said "It was just a weird plant, so we brought it." She seemed more shocked by the award than anything.

Ryan