Florists have long been chosen such a plant, like a flower of the flower spurge. It is attractive due to its original shape and very easy to care for.
Indigenous Euphorbia or Euphorbia refers to succulents, although some of its species do not have thorns at all and do not even remotely resemble them.
But, nevertheless, this is so, and the birthplace of these plants is Africa and South America, as well as the islands of Madagascar and the Canary Islands. It is there that one can meet the diversity of representatives of this genus directly in living nature.
Types of house milkweed
Some plants are so different from each other that it is impossible to believe in their belonging to the same genus. Here are the most common of them, which can be found on the window of many:
- Spurge beetlefish, it is also called a room cucumber, absolutely undemanding in care. He has beautiful leaves with white veins at a young age and with reds in the older. Becoming older, the plant builds up foliage only on the vertex, while the lower large leaves hang like a crown of a palm.
- The spurge is triangular, has a trihedral shape of the trunk and can grow up to two meters in a room, in nature it is a real giant tree. Such a plant after flowering must be cut in the place where the peduncles were, although it rarely blooms at home. There is a view with a red-burgundy stem and leaves.
- Cypress or cypress spurge often can be found in the form of weed on our gardens, although it is a cultivated plant from the family of milkweed. It has sharp thin leaves, resembling a real cypress. As a true representative of its kind, this unpretentious to the surrounding temperature, perfectly tolerates winter frosts and drought.
- Poinsettia , the Christmas star or the spur of the most beautiful is also from the genus of moloch. Yes-yes, this plant, which is decorated not only apartments and offices, but also often present to friends, also spurge. In the apartment conditions it is a bush up to 40 cm high with flowers of red, pink or white.
Care for room milking
If you do not know how to take care of indoor milk, do not despair, it's not easy to hurt. This is a very hardy plant, although it has its own preferences.
It is important not to pour the spurge, and for the summer it will be enough to water it once a week, and for a rest period - once a month, with the ambient temperature should be about 10 ° C. In the winter, indoor sponges are kept in a cool and bright room.
In summer, this guest from the southern countries needs intensive lighting, although from the scorching sun it is better to pritenyat. Very good, when there is an opportunity for a warm period of the year to send
An adult plant needs to be transferred to a larger pot once every two years. To do this, you need to purchase soil for succulents or make it yourself, mixing in equal proportions river sand, turf and leaf land, as well as peat.
Since the spurge is a poisonous houseplant, care should be taken only by an adult who is familiar with all the intricacies of safety. It was not for nothing that the natives used to grease the tips of their arrows with plant juice.
It is necessary to wear dense rubber gloves, so that the lacteal juice from an accidentally broken leaf does not hit the skin. After all, it can cause not only redness, but even a burn. And in case of getting juice in the eye, even blindness is possible. So, in such a situation, an immediate request to the doctor is required.
Euphorbia is better not to have in the house those who have small children or ubiquitous pets, since this plant is not as harmless as it seems at first glance.