Transforming a single pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli) into a yard full of eye-catching greenery is a rewarding weekend project. These fast-growing succulent plants are fun thanks to their ...

Euphorbia ingens, often called the candelabra cactus, gets its name ‘ingens’, meaning giant, referring to the eventual size the plant can grow to, not as you might have expected from the sharp spikes ...

A common houseplant succulent is the pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli). Its common name is a bit misleading, as it is neither a writing utensil nor a cactus. More accurately, it is a succulent (a ...

Over my many years of visiting various botanical gardens, arboretums and nurseries, I’ve developed a great fondness for and sense of amazement about this genus of plants. Almost every time our family ...