cushion spurge

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English

A clump of cushion spurge

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Noun

cushion spurge (countable and uncountable, plural cushion spurges)

  1. A perennial spurge forming small clumps of bright yellow flowers, native to Central and Southeast Europe, of species Euphorbia epithymoides (previously known as Euphorbia polychroma).
    • 1996 January 1, Barbara Pleasant, The Gardener's Weed Book: Earth-safe Controls, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 138:
      Nice spurges include Euphorbia polychrma (cushion spurge), E. amygdaloides (purple wood spurge), and several other minor species, all of which are lovely, pest-resistant perennials.
    • 2002, Reader's Digest Association, Care Free Plants: A Guide to Growing the 200 Hardiest, Low-maintenance, Long-living Beauties, Readers Digest, →ISBN, page 148:
      Euphorbias can be left alone for decades, but you can dig and divide cushion spurge as often as every 3 years to propagate it.
    • 2008 January 1, Anthony W. Kahtz, Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: Proven Plants for the Heartland, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 77:
      Cushion spurge is in full bloom when most other species are just starting to emerge from winter dormancy.

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