Euphorbia cyparissias - Cypress spurge

continental : These plants prefer a sunny location, where they can enjoy direct solar rays even throughout the whole day,
These plants are grown in the garden year round because they are rustic.

alpine : Let's grow the the Euphorbia cyparissias in a sunny place, with direct solar light.
These plants are rustic, they can stand the heat and cold, therefore they can be planted outside.

mediterranean : Plant which needs a few hours a day of solar light.
These plants can stand the cold weather, they can be grown as garden plants during the whole year.

continental : Water regularly, every 1-2 weeks, wetting the soil deep down, but waiting for the substratum to dry completely between a watering and the other; avoid leaving stagnant water. Usually 1-2 buckets of water are used.

alpine : We suggest regular watering with 0-1 buckets of water about every 2-3 weeks, waiting for the soil to dry between one time and the other.

mediterranean : Every 0-1 weeks we should intervene with water, irrigating the soil only if it is dry; we suggest avoiding water stagnations by using 2-3 buckets of water.

Feed Euphorbia cyparissias : Let’s add some organic fertilizer, or a slow release fertilizer to the soil of newly planted shrubs; let’s also check for nutritional lacking, which can be cured with specific fertilizations.

Adversity Euphorbia cyparissias : In the summer the parasite which worries us most is the cochineal, which develops itself very rapidly with the dry climate, on stems, leaves and often even on the roots of the plants. We can quickly kill the cochineals applying a mineral oil based treatment.