Ascot Rainbow Spurge
Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ · a variegated spurge (euphorbia)
A compact evergreen spurge grown for variegated foliage in greens and yellows that blushes red and orange as nights cool, with chartreuse, red-eyed flower clusters in spring. It's drought tolerant and deer leave it alone. It needs sharp drainage, and its milky sap is toxic, so wear gloves.
- Mature size
- 2.5 × 2 ft
- 0.7 × 0.6 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 6a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part sun
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Apr–May
Ascot Rainbow Spurge at its mature size
A mature Ascot Rainbow Spurge grows 1.5 to 3 feet tall and 1.25 to 2.5 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Missouri Botanical Garden.
Through the year
What Ascot Rainbow Spurge looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Winter · Dec–Mar
Leaves flushed deeper pink and red at the tips.
In flower · Apr–Jun
Lime-yellow flower heads on top of the variegated stems.
In leaf · Jul–Nov
Variegated leafy stems, the spent flower heads cut away.
Growing Ascot Rainbow Spurge
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Good for
- Deer resistant
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Southern France
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Ascot Rainbow Spurge, that’s about 2 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Ascot Rainbow Spurge in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.