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juliekb

I have a 2 acre garden west of Brisbane that I absolutely love. Wish we got more rainfall, but I think we do a pretty good job with just tank water.

Euphorbia tithymaloides syn. Pedilanthus tithymaloides

  • Season Icon Early AutumnEarly Autumn 2016
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juliekb

Help me identify this plant. Mother in law calls it a zig zag plant. It has variegated leaves, tiny pink flowers once a year,thich soft rubbery stems that zig zag. Love to know it's real name.

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brightcolours

#plantID

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brightcolours

It's Pedilanthus tithymaloides

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brightcolours

www.health.qld.gov.au/poisonsinformationcentre/plants_fungi/zigzagplant.asp

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juliekb

@brightcolours

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juliekb

Thanks for the info. I see there's no space between the zig & the zag lol

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brightcolours

I've got it growing. Very hardy. Have given heaps of #cuttings away to friends.

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brightcolours

#ZigZagPlant

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brightcolours

Found this interesting article: http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/twenty-something-pedilanthus.html

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