Frost doses Firesticks out..
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Frost doses Firesticks out..
Its alive and this has happened before...but after a good 3 winter break from this,winter damage returned. It recovers when spring and warm returns. This is what 10a gets that 10b does not.
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Hayward Ca. 75-80f summers,60f winters.
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Re: Frost doses Firesticks out..
We have this plant growing here in 8b and it still manages to survive every winter, though looks terrible for a few months.
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Re: Frost doses Firesticks out..
An Euphorbia tirucalli still alive in 8b, that's what we are talking about ? Surprising.
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Re: Frost doses Firesticks out..
That is. But,I do remember in 2007 an over 6' bushy all green E.tirucalli- my largest died that winter from 30for so. It was a few mornings of that. This Firesticks did live through that and it was much,much,smaller in a large pot at the time. On the other hand a smaller all green E.tirucalli in ground survived. I ended up digging it up and putting it in a pot..it has never shown any frost damage..not even this year. Different clones of all could mean luck is involved. If you want one of these in a colder zone..start out with a few,from different sources.Luc wrote:An Euphorbia tirucalli still alive in 8b, that's what we are talking about ? Surprising.
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Re: Frost doses Firesticks out..
Firestick is the common name of this species or a cv. name of a clone which flushes sometimes while other clones stay green ?
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