Crown of Thorns: Bold Texture and Bright Color
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii) combines leafy growth with branching, thorn-covered stems. Its colorful, petal-like bracts surround tiny flowers, giving this succulent shrub a cheerful contrast of softness and spines.
- 🌺 Colorful bracts frame the plant’s small true flowers
- 🌵 Distinctive thorny stems give it a sculptural silhouette
- ☀️ A bright-light favorite that flowers best with good light
- 🌍 Madagascar origins add to its story as a tropical succulent
Choose Crown of Thorns for a bright spot where you want both texture and seasonal color. Display it somewhere secure, with space around its thorny stems and out of reach of curious hands and pets.
Care Tips
Light: Provide strong light and some direct sun. Acclimate gradually outdoors; insufficient light can reduce flowering.
Water: Let the soil dry between thorough waterings and drain well. Adjust to growth and conditions; never leave roots standing in water.
Soil: Use a freely draining mix, such as cactus compost with added perlite or pumice.
Potting: Choose a drainage-hole container; repot when it outgrows its pot.
Temperature: Keep warm and bring indoors before frost. Protect from cold drafts.
Humidity: Ordinary household humidity is suitable; provide airflow.
Safety: Sharp thorns can injure. Milky sap is poisonous if swallowed and can seriously irritate eyes and skin. Wear gloves and eye protection when pruning; keep away from children and pets.
Shipping & Handling
- The 2 Inch Crown of Thorns - Euphorbia milii plants are shipped with the pot and soil
- The 4 Inch and larger plants are shipped bare roots without the pot and soil:
- You will receive a very similar plant to the one shown in the photos; shape and color may vary
- Ship within USA & its outlying territories only
- Please visit Order Processing & Shipping info page for additional details
Care Instructions
Please visit our Succulent Care info page for more details.
To ensure the health of succulents, it is important to plant them in porous, well-draining soil. Succulents require little watering, but don't like to sit in wet soil. To create an adequate cactus mix, simply add pumice, perlite, or grit to cactus soil to provide the proper drainage.
Make sure to leave drought periods between waterings to prevent the plant from water-logging.
Weather Conditions
- When ordering, be mindful that living succulents can be damaged by the cold weather.
- If you live in an area that is below 40°F, please add a shipping warmer to your order or consider purchasing plant until the weather is more suitable.
- Shipping Warmer: 72+ Hours Heat Packs available for $2.00 each
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