Description for Euphorbia tithymaloides, Pedilanthus (Variegated) Plant height: 5 - 9 inches Plant spread: 4 - 6 inches Euphorbia tithymaloides is a popular, erect, perennial, succulent; grow up to 8 feet tall. The leave is oval, slightly glossy, variegated, medium green and white edged. They flank the zigzag stems to resemble a crooked backbone with ribs. Common name(s): Variegated Devils Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia, Slipper Spurge, Redbird Cactus Flower colours: Red Bloom time: Rarely flowers indoors Max reachable height: Up to 6 feet Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow Planting and care Re-pot when the plant performs clump and goes beyond the pot size. It should be done before or after the rainy season and in the spring season. Re-pot with the following proportions: 3 parts of potting soil, 1 part of grit (pumice), 1 part of the horticultural-grade sand, 1/2 part of the compost etc. Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial

Description for Euphorbia Tirucalli, Pencil Tree Plant height: 2 - 5 inches Plant spread: 2 - 4 inches Interesting Fact: The unique pencil-like branches are responsible for getting vernacular name Pencil tree. Euphorbia tirucalli is a succulent, spineless, hardy green shrub, up to 3 m tall. The branches are cylindrical, smooth and glabrous-green, up to 8 mm in diameter, forming brush-like masses. The leaves are small and slender. The flowers are yellow, inconspicuous, and carried in clusters at the apex of the short branches or in the angles of branches. Fruits are tripartite capsules. Common name(s): Firestick Plants, Sticks on Fire, African Milk Bush, Finger Tree, Indian Tree Spurge, Milk Bush, Milk Hedge, Naked Lady, Pencil Tree, Pencil Euphorbia, Pencil Cactus Flower colours: Yellow Bloom time: Almost year-round Max reachable height: Up to 3 m Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow.

Description for Euphorbia Milli (Red) Plant height: 5 - 9 inches Plant spread: 4 - 8 inches Bright-green leaves grow along its thick, thorny stems. Lower leaves naturally fall off as the plant ages. If your plant gets too tall and leggy, you can prune it back by half its size in spring. This will cause it to branch out. New stems will grow from below where the pruning cuts were made, making this succulent bushy and full. Euphorbia includes annuals, perennial herbs, shrubs and trees that have a corrosive and poisonous milky sap. Many are succulent and can either be thorny or unarmed. The deciduous leaves can either be alternate, opposite or in whorls. All spurges produce unisexual flowers. Its flowers are actually bracts that last for several weeks and are available in bright pink, red, white or yellow. Today's hybrids produce more -- even bigger -- flowers than