Euonymus kiautschovicus
Spreading Euonymus

Family:

Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family) 13

Genus:

Euonymus (Spindle Tree Euonymus Burning Bush Bush, Burning Spindletree Tree, Spindle) 12

Plant Type:

Shrub 462

Growth Forms:

Spreading / Branched 76

Hardiness:

USDA Zone 5 234

Deciduous / Evergreen:

Semi-evergreen 26

Flower Notes:

White (Greenish-white in summer; not ornamentally important)

Foliage Notes:

Green (Lustrous dark to bright green semi-evergreen foliage that defoliates late)

Fruit Notes:

Red (Pinkish-red fruits mature in fall to winter)

Ultimate Height:

8-10 feet

Ultimate Spread:

6-8 feet

Light Requirements:

Soil Notes:

Widely tolerant of soil type

Diagnostic Characteristics:

Thickish, semi-evergreen leaves (2-3" long) are opposite and elliptic to more rounded with crenate-serrate margins. Stems are slender green and rounded, turning straw brown in second or third year. Small imbricate buds are greenish often tinged in red in winter. Fruit capsule is pink, aril is orange-red.

Special Characteristics:

Border 368

Hedge 234

Specimen 598

Additional Information

Foliage fully evergreen in the South, but persists for only about half the winter in the North. Although not as serious as in other species of Euonymus, scale insects can be a problem. May be killed to ground in severe winters, but grows back rapidly.