Does its best planted in full sun but grows in some shade though flowers less and may require afternoon shade in hot inland deserts. Plant in a relatively well-drained soil with occasional to only little summer water once established but it can also tolerate regular irrigation alongside turf so long as the soil drains very well. It is also seaside tolerant, and wood is hardy to about 20° F with some tip damage possible below 25°F – plants in our nursery containers were outright killed in the Christmas 1990 freeze when temperatures dropped below 20° F. Trim off dried up flowers to encourage repeat flowering and tip back growth in summer to keep plants dense but use care as branches are brittle so can break easily. Replace or cut back plants severely at least every few years in late spring or summer to allow older plants to rejuvenate. It is a useful fast-growing plant for an edging along a shrub border, a filler between other larger shrub, mixed with perennials or planted individually for a flowering accent plant. Foliage is useful in flower arrangements, but flowers do not last long once cut.

This plant has long been considered to be the green form of the gray-leafed Euryops pectinatus but in the "Classification Corner" article discussing the latest developments from the world of plant nomenclature and taxonomy in the September 2024 issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's The Plant Review (previously called The Plantsman) it notes that in 1963 the Swedish botanist Bertil Nordenstam, in preparation for a monograph on the genus Euryops, identified a spontaneous hybrid between Euryops chrysanthemoides (a plant previously known as Gamolepis chrysanthemoides) and Euryops pectinatus that has long been growing in the collection at the Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in South Africa. Nordenstam also discovered a pressed specimen collected by Peter Raven in 1959 of the same plant growing in cultivation in California and this plant was thought to be the plant re-introduced into the California nursery trade by Monrovia Nursery in 1992 under the name Euryops pectinatus 'Viridis' though we note this plant listed in a Monrovia catalog as early as 1988 and we first purchased in plants labeled 'Green Gold' in 1982 and began propagating and selling it in 1983. While we no longer sell this green leafed cultivar, we do sell the very similar but tougher parent plant Euryops chrysanthemoides because we feel it tolerates summer dry conditions better and flowers more. 

The information about Euryops 'Viridis' displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.