Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 3-4' x 2-3'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Mounding, Upright
Native To: Mediterranean
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Green / Yellow
Bloom Time: Summer
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Seacoast Conditions
Container Sizes: #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 4-9, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-8
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii is an evergreen herbaceous subshrub with an upright, mounding, and bushy habit, featuring bright yellow-green flower bracts surrounding tiny true flowers and attractive bluish-green foliage. Semi-woody at the base; its stems are fleshy and exude a toxic, milky white sap when cut. Uses include architectural aspect, mixed border, erosion control. Useful in seacoast and desert landscapes. Requires full sun to perform well; becomes leggy and flops in shade. It is best in sharp, well-drained soil. It thrives in poor, rocky, sandy, or chalky soils. Tolerates lean soils but rots quickly in heavy clay or wet winter soils. Moderate water, low water user once established. Highly drought-resistant. Fire-resistant. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Cold hardy to 5°F.
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii is an evergreen herbaceous subshrub with an upright, mounding, and bushy habit, featuring bright yellow-green flower bracts surrounding tiny true flowers and attractive bluish-green foliage. Semi-woody at the base; its stems are fleshy and exude a toxic, milky white sap when cut. Uses include architectural aspect, mixed border, erosion control. Useful in seacoast and desert landscapes. Requires full sun to perform well; becomes leggy and flops in shade. It is best in sharp, well-drained soil. It thrives in poor, rocky, sandy, or chalky soils. Tolerates lean soils but rots quickly in heavy clay or wet winter soils. Moderate water, low water user once established. Highly drought-resistant. Fire-resistant. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Cold hardy to 5°F.
