Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' ~ Red Pencil Tree-ServeScape
Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' ~ Red Pencil Tree-ServeScape
Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' ~ Red Pencil Tree-ServeScape
Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' ~ Red Pencil Tree-ServeScape
Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' ~ Red Pencil Tree-ServeScape

Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire'

Red Pencil Tree

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Red Pencil Tree is a striking upright evergreen succulent shrub  grown for its with brightly colored, pencil-thin branching stems.  The stems emerge reddish gold with small inconspicuous leaves that soon drop, fades to yellow in summer and turns a blazing red for winter.  Best shape with afternoon shade and sharply-drained soils.  Good drought tolerance.  Broken stems have a poisonous white sap when damaged.  

Type: 

Succulent, Shrub

Height: 

4' - 8'

Spread: 

3' - 5’

Spacing: 

2’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

10 - 12

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Wet soils, especially in winter, will kill the plant.  Watch for mealybug, nematodes, aphids and spidermites.  Wear gloves while handing this plant.  In containers best planted with coarse loams soils, and enriched with peat moss or leaf mold and gritty additives such as broken clam shells.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersNaturalized AreasRock Gardensand Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  AlliumHakone Grass, Sedum

IMAGES:  Photoset by cultivar413, (1) 190504 034 Fallbrook Garden Tour, (2) 180323 026 Waterwise Botanicals Nursery, Bonsall CA, (3) 170411 849 Vista - Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' Red Pencil Tree, (4) 190608 013 Kensington Garden Tour, (2) Mike BoucherIMG_8563

 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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