Euphorbia characias, Mediterranean spurge, Euphorbiaceae, Mediterranean, can resist high salinity, requires good drainage, heat drought tolerant late spring flowers, poisonous sap can cause temporary blindness, evergreen shrub, grown for foliage, dichotomous branching, fuzzy leaves, stems grow 75% first year second year they flower, rocky slopes, 1.2 m tall, 1.2 m wide,
