(Despina Spurge, Spurge)

Compact growth, colorful foliage and brilliant flowers make this award-winning hybrid spurge a shining star for containers and gardens. Its thick, upright stems are densely encircled with linear, powder blue leaves which remain evergreen and attractive throughout the cold winter months. The stems are topped in spring by a display of vivid yellow-green flowerheads, which contrast beautifully with the cool-toned foliage.

For best performance, provide ‘Despina’ with full sun and well-drained soil...

(Excalibur Spurge, Spurge)

The new leaves of this striking hybrid spurge are tinted with red in spring, then change to rich blue-green, marked with a central line of ivory and thin, burgundy edges. Yellow tones develop with the cool temperatures of autumn. The lance-shaped leaves encircle thick, upright, pink stems which are topped with a display of brilliant yellow-green flowerheads in early to midsummer.

Provide 'Froeup' with full to part sun and well-drained soil of average to modest fertility. Wet, poorly-drained...

(Kalipso Spurge, Spurge)

This modest, low-growing spurge forms a compact mound of thick, short stems encircled with linear, blue-green leaves. Showy, bright yellow-green flowerheads appear at the ends of the stems in spring. These are actually composed of colorful bracts surrounding small, inconspicuous flowers, and create a lovely contrast to the beautiful, cool-toned foliage. A patented cultivar, it was discovered in Germany as a sport of an existing hybrid, and is commonly sold under the name ‘Kalipso’

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(Woodspurge)

Salmon-red stems are lined with green leaves with reddish undersides on the woodspurge, and bears chartreuse flowers in springtime. An upright clumping perennial that is usually evergreen, it is native to eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus Mountains.

Its spoon-shaped green to dark green leaves encircle and line the tall stems that are a contrasting salmon-red. In mid-spring to early summer, the stem tips bear a cluster of green-yellow flowers that are cup-shaped bracts (modified leaves called...

(Orange Grove Woodspurge, Woodspurge)

Red-purple stems are lined with green leaves with reddish undersides on the Orange Grove woodspurge, and bears chartreuse flowers in springtime that age to orange. An upright clumping perennial that is usually evergreen, it is native to eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucusus Mountains. It grows vigorously from rhizomes (underground stems).

Its spoon-shaped green to dark green leaves encircle and line the tall stems that are a contrasting purple-red. New foliage emerges red before flushing to...

(Purple-leaved Woodspurge, Woodspurge)

This striking perennial is a dark-leaved form of wood spurge, an evergreen species native to Europe and Turkey. Its thick, upright, wine-colored stems are thickly encircled with linear leaves which change color as the seasons progress.

In spring, new growth emerges burgundy, then changes to dark green before maturing to smoky purple in summer. The cool temperatures of fall and winter bring even darker tones to the stems and foliage. Brilliant chartreuse flower clusters are displayed profusely...

(Woodspurge)

Salmon-red stems are lined with green leaves with reddish undersides on the woodspurge, and bears chartreuse flowers in springtime. An upright clumping perennial that is usually evergreen, it is native to eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus Mountains.

Its spoon-shaped green to dark green leaves encircle and line the tall stems that are a contrasting salmon-red. In mid-spring to early summer, the stem tips bear a cluster of green-yellow flowers that are cup-shaped bracts (modified leaves called...

(Mediterranean Spurge)

Massive, bright green flower heads top the leafy, hairy stems of Mediterranean spurge in springtime. This upright, shrubby perennial is native to the western Mediterranean, where it thrives in upland, open, seaside sites with dry, sharply drained soil.

Dense whorls of narrow, grayish green leaves encircle the purplish, hairy stems of Mediterranean spurge, adding to its bold, architectural looks. The foliage remains evergreen to semi-evergreen through winter. Airy, rounded flower clusters are...

(Glacier Blue Spurge, Mediterranean Spurge, Variegated Spurge)

Glacier Blue variegated spurge offers blue-gray foliage edged in creamy white, lending extra visual appeal to its bold, architectural form. A shrubby species native to Portugal and the western Mediterranean region of Europe, 'Glacier Blue' is a more compact form that was a mutation of the popular cultivar 'Tasmanian Tiger' found in 2004.

The narrow, linear leaves of this perennial densely encircle thick, upright stems, and remain evergreen to semi-evergreen throughout winter. Airy, rounded...

(Mediterranean Spurge, Tasmanian Tiger Spurge)

Tasmanian Tiger spurge was discovered in Tasmania, Australia in 1993, and was selected for its compact growth and beautifully variegated foliage. It resulted from a chance cross between Euphorbia characias ‘Lambrook Gold’ and an unidentified cultivar of the same species. It is a form of Mediterranean spurge, a shrubby perennial native to Portugal and the western Mediterranean region of Europe.

The mint green leaves and flower bracts of ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ are edged and striped with...