Crown of Thorns
| Additional Flower Resources Poisonous Flowers Flower Power Red Flowers |
The brilliant red flowers make it a popular flowering shrub in Southern Climates (USDA Zones 8-11). It also grows well in a container.
Caution is needed when caring for the plant because the sap is poisonous.
Approxitemaly fifty different Euphorbiaceae species, most with the name spurge, are native to the United States. The Poinsettia, another non-native species, is perhaps the most well known of the red flowering Euphorbia.
© 2008 Patricia A. Michaels