Performs best in full sun in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils.Remaining attractive during all its growing season, this remarkable plant is resilient to most pests and diseases, is salt tolerant, deer or rabbit resistant and is easy to care for.Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society for its outstanding qualities.tall (90-180 cm) and spreads up to 18-36 in. According to a religious legend, the crown of thorns worn by Jesus Christ at the crucifixion was made from the stems of this plant, therefore its common name. This plant flowers over an extremely long season, throughout the year in tropical and sub-tropical locations, from late winter well into fall if grown indoors. The eye-catching blooms consist of tiny, inconspicuous, yellow flowers held in clusters subtended by very showy and long-lasting red bracts, resembling petals. The foliage of leathery, obovate, bright green leaves is produced only on new stem growth. Noted for its incredibly showy bracts, Euphorbia milii, commonly called Crown of Thorns, is a sprawling evergreen shrub with succulent branches lined with long, sharp, black thorns and sparsely leafed.
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