This is a popular container plant, as a focal element in succulent gardens, on banks and southwestern style plantings. Young plants are tender to frost and do best in warm and sunny microclimates. Like other Euphorbias, E. t. ‘Sticks on Fire’, has a poisonous sap that drips from cut stems and care must be taken when trimming this plant, including the use of protective eyewear.
Sticks on Fire
Euphorbia tirucalli ‘Sticks on Fire’
Description
Plant properties
Water needs
Maintenance
Plant Type: Succulent
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright, Rigid, Open, Multi-trunk, Irregular branching
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage Color: Red, Orange
Flower Color: Insignificant
Flower Season: Spring
Soil Adaptations: Well-draining soil
Exposure Adaptations: Morning sun, Heat, Drought, Aridity, All day sun, Partial sun
Function: Container plant, Banks, Background plant, Specimen, Residential spaces, Raised planters, Foliage accent plant
Height: 4 ft. – 8 ft.
Width: 3 ft. – 5 ft.
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright, Rigid, Open, Multi-trunk, Irregular branching
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage Color: Red, Orange
Flower Color: Insignificant
Flower Season: Spring
Soil Adaptations: Well-draining soil
Exposure Adaptations: Morning sun, Heat, Drought, Aridity, All day sun, Partial sun
Function: Container plant, Banks, Background plant, Specimen, Residential spaces, Raised planters, Foliage accent plant
Height: 4 ft. – 8 ft.
Width: 3 ft. – 5 ft.
