Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia (Euphorbia tirucalli)

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Jun 03, 2003

A young shrub along with a "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis"

Common name: Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species tirucalli

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53909/

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sassytiger Lakeland, FL Oct 29, 2003

How do you multiply these plants? Someone told me to break a piece off and stick it in dirt and it would grom roots... but then that's what I did... then it died... it didn't grow ANY roots!

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Oct 29, 2003

Hmmm... It does great on drained soil, thatīs where people plant it, most times.

I donīt know, I see people planting it from cuttings all the time, it must be simple. I never tried it myself, maybe I should

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bobandbrenda Mar 26, 2004

brenda has a small pencil plant with the first flower ever.photo to follow.

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Mar 26, 2004

Iīm greatly interested! I have never seen the flowers of it!

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bobandbrenda Mar 26, 2004

This is Brenda's first ever flower on the pencil plant.

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bobandbrenda Mar 26, 2004

This is another shot of the same flower.

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pagagulf Milton, FL Jul 26, 2007

I know that this is an old thread.. but I've got a dilemma .. I have a pencil plant that is almost 8' tall and skinny (been in the house most of it's life). I try to let it have some outside time in the summer but it's getting too tall and I have it braced but would like to cut it about in half. Can this be done.. where the top half (where I were to trim it up some) grow roots and into a plant itself? This way.. I can have two plants. Would this plant accept a root layering? Since it's a succulent.. I'm just not sure that the top part would live and I'd be very upset if I lost it as I've had this plant for many many years. I've researched it over and over and there just isn't enough info on it. I've talked to several people in landscaping and they have no clue.

Thanks for your help!!

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Jul 27, 2007

Unless your plant is sickly, you can most certainly cut off the top half and you would have two plants then. I have done this numerous times... so many, that I ended up with far too many plants and had to start throwing them out. Just be prepared for a flood of noxious and particularly irritating white sap (the sap from this plant seems more irritating and voluminous than is the case for most Euphorbias I have had the pleasure of hacking up). I personally don't react to Euphorbia sap, at least not on my skin, but some people are extremely sensitive to it.. However, I have also had the 'pleasure' of getting this sap in my mouth and eyes, and THAT is no fun- burns for days and days.

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