Euphorbia cotinifolia
has red leaves the color of the smoke bush, cotinus
coggygria. The Caribbean Copper Plant will quickly grow to 10-15
feet. Euphorbia cotinifolia is rather frost tender. The
Caribbean Copper Plant will lose all of its leaves if there is anything
even close to a frost. The plants will live through cold snaps that
dip into the mid-20's but the smaller branches will likely die.
Euphorbia cotinifolia will perform best if there is regular garden
water. While they are quite drought tolerant they withstand this
affront by dropping all of their leaves. The veins of the red leaves
are beautiful when they are backlit. The creamy white flowers look
very exotic with their red appendages and outsized seed pods.
High resolution
images of Euphorbia cotinifolia
are available.
