Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii)

Crown of Thorns is a succulent, climbing shrub native to Madagascar. This plant holds multiple stems and dark green leaves that grow randomly and slightly sparse and appear mostly on newer stems and fall away from the older stems.The branches growing tall, with densely spiny stems.

The flowers are small, inconspicuous subtended by a pair of noticeable and attractive petal-like bracts variably in red, pink or white appear mostly throughout the spring and late summer. 

Growing the plant is easy because it adapts well to normal room temperatures and in dry indoor environments.

Place the plant in a very sunny window where it will receive three to four hours of direct sunlight each day. Although crown of thorns belongs to the species of succulents, it can only store a limited amount of water using its stems.

In Thailand, it is said that the number of flowers on a Euphorbia crown of thorns plant foretells the luck of the plant keeper. Thailand claims to be the home of the world’s tallest Christ thorn plant.

Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii)

Crown of Thorns is a succulent, climbing shrub native to Madagascar. This plant holds multiple stems and dark green leaves that grow randomly and slightly sparse and appear mostly on newer stems and fall away from the older stems.The branches growing tall, with densely spiny stems.

The flowers are small, inconspicuous subtended by a pair of noticeable and attractive petal-like bracts variably in red, pink or white appear mostly throughout the spring and late summer. 

Growing the plant is easy because it adapts well to normal room temperatures and in dry indoor environments.

Place the plant in a very sunny window where it will receive three to four hours of direct sunlight each day. Although crown of thorns belongs to the species of succulents, it can only store a limited amount of water using its stems.

In Thailand, it is said that the number of flowers on a Euphorbia crown of thorns plant foretells the luck of the plant keeper. Thailand claims to be the home of the world’s tallest Christ thorn plant.