08-25-2007, 02:53 AM
We have Euphorbia lactea that some friends in HPP planted (14th Hilo of Maku'u)a bunch of cuttings as a natural thorn hedge to reduce kids & pigs coming into their land. We are always looking to thin ours out. Much of the base looks like this:
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week114.shtml
with a lot of old crusty crests & some newer & nice, some with ruby highlights on the top of the crest.
The bulk of the plant looks more like:
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week113.shtml
The latex sap is irritating & can cause blisters if left on the skin too long.
Bougainvillea is good, but grows so much, that you either do a lot of trimming (one of our neighbors have a fence of boug. that they have trimmed & topiaried to look more like a split rail fence with a flowery bushy top.
It you want free cuttings, email through the forum
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week114.shtml
with a lot of old crusty crests & some newer & nice, some with ruby highlights on the top of the crest.
The bulk of the plant looks more like:
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week113.shtml
The latex sap is irritating & can cause blisters if left on the skin too long.
Bougainvillea is good, but grows so much, that you either do a lot of trimming (one of our neighbors have a fence of boug. that they have trimmed & topiaried to look more like a split rail fence with a flowery bushy top.
It you want free cuttings, email through the forum