Buy Devil's Backbone - Pedilanthus tithymaloides - Redbird Cactus - Christmas Candle Plant Online
- Common name:
- Devil's Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia, Slipper Spurge, Redbird Cactus, Christmas Candle
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Pedilanthus
Category :Cacti & Succulents, Shrubs, Groundcovers
Family :Euphorbiaceae or Poinsettia family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- June, July, August, September
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Pink
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Animals will not eat
- Poisonous if eaten
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - A Shrub, up to 1.4 m high.
- Stem erect, round, thick, green, branched.
- Leaves ovate-lanceolate, up to 12 cm long, leathery fleshy, green, deciduous if without water. -
Growing tips:
- - These are easy plants to grow.
- Full sun-min 4 hours of sunlight
- Sand in potting mix
- Bone meal good