Exposure • Sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Average

Growth Rate in the Garden • Medium

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant

Season of Interest (Foliage) • Summer

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer

Bloom Color • Green • Yellow

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

Euphorbia lathyris

Mole Plant

Contains a poisonous sap that is said to keep moles and gophers away. A single stem with many clusters of green yellow flowers.

Euphorbia (yew-for'-bi-ah)

Family: Euphorbiaceae · Common Name: Cushion Spurge

Clusters of glowing flowers in shades of orange or yellow-green cover mounds of attractive foliage. Durable and easy to grow, tolerant of dry, poor soils. May reseed in the garden; moderate to slow-spreading.