Crown of Thorns

I've been given a Crown of Thorns plant that is covered with flowers but only a few leaves. Although the flowers look nice it looks quite bare with mainly thorny stems, any tips on how to encourage more leaves?

 

Hi zilly. I have had a Crown of Thorns for several years and it loses its leaves annually.



Euphorbia milii - Wikipedia

 

Hello Victoria, what a lovely plant.

Mine must be a different type as it is basically just stems with lethal spines on The flowers all seem to be on the tips then tiny little leaves form around the flowers then die back.

When does it lose its leaves i.e. winter or summer?

 

@zilly. Mine lives outside my kitchen door (It is in the pot my avatar Van is sitting next to. I do not get frost here but can dip to 3-4c for a couple of days in January. I don't have any leaves on mine in the winter and looks like a spikey horror!. Did you read the Wiki link I posted?

 

Hello Victoria,
Yes read the link, thank you so much. I'' persevere with it and hope that one day it will look like your lovely plant.