Description
Create your home garden elegant and beautiful by growing an excellent Snowbush plant.
Sr | Item name |
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1 | Snowbush - Plant |
2 | 6 inch (15 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black) |
Snowbush is an evergreen perennial shrub in Euphorbiaceae family. The simple, alternate, entire and obovate leaves. The red branches of this shrub are slender, wiry and appear to zig zag. Snowbush has green, petal-less flowers that occur in axillary clusters on long peduncles.
The flowers are mostly inconspicuous due to the striking foliage.Plant Specifications
Plant Height | 18.5 inch (47 cm) |
Plant Spread | 4 inch (10 cm) |
Common Name | Snow bush, Hawaiian Snowbush |
Maximum Reachable Height | 1 ft to 4 ft |
Flower Colour | Pale Green, Yellow to Green, White/Near White |
Bloom Time | Mid Winter |
Difficulty Level | Easy |
Planting and care
Pinch out stem tips when young to promote branching growth. Make this tropical beauty feel at home by boosting the humidity around it. Set the pot on a pebble tray or use a room humidifier to keep the relative humidity above 50%. Also keep the soil moist at all times.Snow Bush grows quickly and will get quite large if not pruned. Cut the stems with sharp pruners to avoid tearing them. Make the cut just above a leaf node at a 45 degrees angle.Prune to your hearts content you will not hurt this vigorous grower.Re-pot in spring. This fast-growing shrub will need a new home every couple yea Move it up to a pot one size larger when it outgrows its current one.
Snowbush care
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Temperature | Average room temperatures 65-75 degrees F/18-24 degrees C. This tender tropical will tolerate a minimum of 60 degrees F/16 degrees C. |
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Snowbush uses
Ornamental Use:
- Snowbush used as a shrub border or can be used as specimen, superior hedge, suitable for growing indoors, border, foundation, mass planting, cascading down a wall etc