cushion spurge

plural cushion spurges

1. countableuncountableA perennial spurge forming small clumps of bright yellow flowers, native to Central and Southeastern Europe, of species Euphorbia epithymoides (previously known as Euphorbia polychroma).

   Cushion spurge is in full bloom when most other species are just starting to emerge from winter dormancy.

   2008 January 1, Anthony W. Kahtz, Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: Proven Plants for the Heartland, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 77

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   Nice spurges include Euphorbia polychrma (cushion spurge), E. amygdaloides (purple wood spurge), and several other minor species, all of which are lovely, pest-resistant perennials.

   1996 January 1, Barbara Pleasant, The Gardener's Weed Book: Earth-safe Controls, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 138

   Euphorbias can be left alone for decades, but you can dig and divide cushion spurge as often as every 3 years to propagate it.

   2002, Reader's Digest Association, Care Free Plants: A Guide to Growing the 200 Hardiest, Low-maintenance, Long-living Beauties, Readers Digest, →ISBN, page 148