Propagation
Take stem cuttings from spring to summer. Allow the cuttings to dry and form a callus before planting into a very well-drained gritty media.
Division of the clump during spring.
Note:
Care should be taken when selecting a site as all Euphorbia's contain white sap that causes skin and eye irritation. Be certain to wash your hands with soap and water after handling plant material.
Botanic information
Leaf: The dark green to bronze green oblong to broad-lanceolate sessile leaves have an acute to obtuse apex. During autumn leaves the tone of red, gold and orange before falling.
Flower: The male and female flowers are arranged in a cup-shaped involucre-like organ (cyathia) that has small green-yellow bracts. The male flower has a single stamen and the female consists of a 3-celled pistil. The flowers have a short pedicle and are arranged in a terminal cyme that is up to 120 mm (4µ in) wide and appearin early summer.
Fruit: The tiny 3-valve brown oval capsule is an explosive schizocarp and contains the numerous seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.