I have this unusual plant growing in my garden. Common name is Crown of Thorns, scientific name Euphorbia milii. It is a succulent climbing shrub growing to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, with densely spiny stems. The straight, slender spines, up to 3 cm long, help it scramble over other plants. The leaves are found mainly on new growth, and are obovate, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-like bracts, variably red, pink or white, up to 12 mm broad. The sap is moderately poisonous.
The bracts on my plant are variegated yellow with pink.
I'm from Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. Tulbagh is a small farming community.
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