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Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' |
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| | Foliage in late April |
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| | Foliage in late July |
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| | Late May |
| Common name |
chameleon spurge |
| Family |
euphorbiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
From seed  |
self-seeds modestly in our garden
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Easy-growing perennial whose best features is its early-season foliage color, with burgundy shifting into deep green. It really sticks out in early spring, when it is the first thing to emerge in the border along our driveway, which is still covered in fall leaves at that time. Yellow flowers appear a bit later in spring. By mid-summer, the burgundy makes way for a more even green coloration, and the plants are content to fade into the background:
still holding up its own, but no longer stealing the show.
In our garden, this spurge self-seeds modestly - there are always a few to pot up for the sale, and a few to keep our own supply going. But it's nothing like some other spurges, whose prolific volunteering habits can get annoying at times.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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