"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The crown of thorns is a striking houseplant with bright green foliage and tiny flowers enclosed with ...

Many people are familiar with Crown of Thorns, which also is called Christ's thorns, or Christ's plant. It is Euphorbia milii (synonym E. splendens), one of the oldest commonly grown houseplants in ...

Many of us look for greenery or flowering plants to brighten our homes during the dreary winter months. But a number of readers said they have “black thumbs” and kill every houseplant they buy. I ...

The Crown of Thorns plant, Euphorbia milii, is a native of Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. It is amazing that the Crown of Thorns is popular in ...

The crown of thorns plant, named for the wreath of spines Christ was forced to wear during his crucifixion, has come a long way in a few decades. We’ve gone from a single red-flowered species ...

A walk in the early evening took me past a neighbor’s home with a couple of containers on the west-facing porch. They were filled with healthy-looking plants in full bloom. My wise neighbor had filled ...

Q. I bought a small crown of thorns plant in January/February. I repotted it, but it doesn’t seem to be growing, and it has a few yellow leaves that fall off. Initially I had it in a south window, but ...