What is this plant please

[Slimjimtobe]

Can you grow it in a container ? Thank you
apologies photo is blurry as we were out for a drive and my child took the photo out of the window 🤭

Euphorbia?

It’s a euphorbia, probably characias subspecies wulfenii.

it’s a big plant, so would be strangled in anything other than a big pot. I wouldn’t grow euphorbia with children around, the sap is very toxic and cause nasty blisters. I have been gardening for fifty years and am pretty sanguine about damaging myself, but I’m very careful around the eight sorts of euphorbia I grow.

Euphorbia blister ( it reacts to light)

It is Euphorbia wulfenii, I have it in the ground in my garden but I don’t know if it grows in a pot. Be careful not to get its sap on your skin as it is an irritant especially in sunlight.

Ok thanks for this - it’s really pretty but I cetainly wouldn’t risk it with the damage it can do

Can I ask another question about a plant that is bursting out of a pot (Dh hates it and wants to get rid of it)

is it going to survive ... will pop outside and take a photo

I once told someone not to let their toddlers run through the park flower beds and pick the euphorbias.
To her credit her initial reaction of those plants shouldn't be there , did change to perhaps I shouldn't let the kids trample municipal flower beds.

Lots of our garden plants are poisonous and cause blistering. It's like having a nettle patch for butterflies. you can grow them but everyone has to show them some respect.

It’s an inherited plant from when we moved in

This ....

Looks like a phormium to me. Native to New Zealand, should be happy in the UK as long as it doesn't get waterlogged.

Thank you that’s great - we have good drainage Rocky soil here

It’s the sap that causes the problem. If the plant is somewhere it won’t get rolled on and broken it’s not a problem. So you make the right decision for your garden, but I wouldn’t like others reading the thread to think it’s an absolute no-no.

Especially as your likely to already have at least one of our native Euphorbias in the garden.

Christmas poinsettias are also Euphorbias

As everyone else has said.

Both do best in the ground. The Euphorbia will grow to a great height and is spectacular at this time of year, the most amazing zingy blooms. You’re very lucky to have (I guess?) inherited .

I know the sap is poisonous but just to say it’s not always a total no no.

We have a few different types of Euphorbia that were in our garden when we moved in 15 years ago-have had three children running around and playing football and nobody ever had a reaction.

Oh it might be worth getting - it looks beautiful and my children are older now

i saw it in a pretty village during the week

I have a garden full of Euphorbias. The only allergic reaction my DC had was to grass mowings