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EUPHORBIA (Spurge) Few other perennials provide so much. They are a useful plant for providing structure to a border throughout the year. The foliage whirls around stems that end in handsome sprays of distinctively shaped flowers. Sun. amygdaloides Purpurea A round well-behaved clump with long dark green leaves, mahogany underneath, and lime green flowers. 60cm (2ft). April-June. £4.90 BUY NOW amygdaloides Robbiae Whorls of dark green leaves topped by yellow-green flowers. Good ground-cover for dry shade. 45cm (18in). April-June. AGM. £5.60 BUY NOW characias wulfenii Soft grey-green leaves end in broad heads of green flowers. Forms a large round clump. 120cm (4ft). April-May AGM. £5.60 BUY NOW cyparissias Fens Ruby A spreading plant for planting under shrubs. Fine rust red foliage forms a carpet with heads of lime-green flowers. 15cm (6in). June. £4.50 BUY NOW dulcis Chameleon An airy mound of rich mahogany-red enhanced by sprays of lime-green flowers. In time these turn the same colour as its leaves. 30cm (1ft). May-June. £5.40 BUY NOW griffithii Dixter A beautiful plant with copper tinted deep green leaves and dusky orange flowers. Spreads gently. 90cm (3ft). May-June. £5.40 BUY NOW griffithii Fireglow Like Dixter but with much redder flowers. 90cm (3ft). May-June. £5.40 BUY NOW x martinii A soft mound of evergreen, deep green, tinged with red on the underside with light green flowers. 60cm (2ft). May-June. AGM. £5.40 BUY NOW myrsinites Fleshy, blue-grey leaves, shaped like the scales of a dinosaur, are carried on prostrate stems that end in clusters of lime green flowers. 15cm (6in). March-April. AGM. £4.50 BUY NOW polychroma Mounds of light green leaves produce bright sulphur-green heads of flowers. 60cm (2ft). April-May. AGM. £4.50 BUY NOW
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