Good Riddance, Rodents: Say Hello to Gopher Plant Euphorbia biglandulosa
Unlike its rather dull brown rodent namesake, gopher plant is beautifully colored, impressing with distinctive gray-blue, lance-shaped leaves, chartreuse bracts, and bright yellow springtime flowers.
Gopher plant (Euphorbia rigida) is native to the Mediterranean and the Middle East, where it is considered a weed.
Fortunately, E. rigida has found a more welcoming home as a specimen ornamental in zones 7-10 here in North America, where many gardeners appreciate its interesting and easy-care habit.
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This shrubby, upright, sprawly, succulent-like plant has as many aliases as it does forms: You may know it as upright myrtle spurge, silver spurge, gopher spurge, or even milkweed.
Just for good measure, it has a secondary scientific name, too: Euphorbia biglandulosa.
As alluded to above, this shape-shifter can sprawl out, almost groundcover-like, or it can be much more shrubby, with silvery-gray, lance-shaped leaves that spiral around thick stems reaching up to two feet tall.
Sometimes a single specimen can exhibit both growing habits.
It is cold tolerant to low temperatures between 10 and 20°F. In Austin, we sometimes get a couple of winter nights in the low 20s, and I’ve never lost one. Some gardeners in colder climates, however, treat E. rigida as a summer annual.
Hidden Dangers, and Benefits
Like its other Euphorbia cousins, E. rigida is toxic if eaten, so keep curious pets and toddlers away from this one. If the plant is cut or broken, it leaks a milky sap that can cause skin irritation.
Bees flock to the springtime flowers of this evergreen beauty,
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