Evergreen Euphorbia?

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Author Message   Charlenenj  My Weather Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 11:54 pm:    I'd like to at least try growing a bush-like Euphorbia as an evergreen in the very front of my front house border. If it doesn't work out, I'll move it so I don't mind that it isn't evergreen. I have to remove some overly leggy boxwoods and anyway and would like to try. Has anyone grown one that was evergreen in Zone 6? I like Mellifera but I'm not sure if I should try that one. I hear Characias would give me a better chance of being evergreen. I love "Rudolph" but not sure there either. Thanks! Charlenenj - New Jersey, Zone "6"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 07:36 am:    Characias is certainly worth a try, though you'd probably have more luck with x martinii. But even that will be ruined by a very cold winter. E. amygdaloides purpurea is quite hardy - and also hardier than E. amygdaloides var. robbiae. But E. amygdaloides isn't really bush-like. They all have better survival chances if the soil is dry in winter. Characias and E.a. purpurea are short-lived, but will self-seed, so you should always have some. The problem is these are either evergreen or for all practical purposes dead. If it's too cold for them they may survive and eventually put up new stems - but they won't look good. It would probably be possible to grow seedlings each year and replace them each spring. Just a thought... Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"

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