- PIG PLANTER
If you are looking for a nice upright flowering and drought tolerant plant to put into a container, this one is a gem! My pig planter pictured here is potted with a “Crown of Thorns” plant, botanical name: Euphorbia splendens. I purchased this pig planter in Old Town San Diego at a pottery shop filled with mexican pottery and ceramics.
The Euphorbia splendens plant is very low maintenance and mine flowers most of the year. The variety of colors range from coral, red, and pink to yellow and white. It’s also a great plant for propagating when it gets too large, just cut off the extended stalk and allow it to dry for a few days, then add rooting hormone to the end of the stalk and plant in cactus mix. This a good potted plant and also a great landscaping plant.
* Origin: Madagascar
* Temperatures: Ideally 62° to 85° degrees Farenheit, but tolerates cooler temperatures in the winter. It hailed three times in San Diego last week and it still looks o.k!
* Water – Once per week and keep dry between watering.
* Negatives – This plant has a milky sap that is a skin and eye irritant. Wear Gloves!
– Follow this link to another wordpress photography blog titled “Decent Exposure” for an amazing photo of this flowering euphorbia.
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Hi Nadia,
Used to grow this as a house plant and it got huge. Also had the yellow-flowered one.
I use a black-bird spurge and a donkey-tail spurge (Euphorbia) outside and they are both evergreen for me. We had freezing rain, sleet and snow again last night and today. Brrr.
We actually had hail last week in San Diego 3 times- I think that is a record. I had to cut a lot of cactus and succulents that got “hail marks” on them, I wish I would have known and I could have covered them for protection. I want to get a Yellow Euphorbia Splendens to add to my red. Keep warm!
love the oink oink planter… hard to find those cool planters in other places… san diego has such a great variety of cool things!
Cuteness!!!! Love the piggy and the plant!