Euonyus alatus (Burning bush)
Euonymus alatus (Burning Bush)
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Family: Celastraceae
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Zone: 3
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Height: 2-3 m
Spread: 2-3 m
Habit: Dense, horizontal spreading
Form: oval, horizontal
Texture: medium
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - boulevard, mass planting, low screen, separator, specimen plant, winter fall interest, urban plant
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, opposite
Shape: elliptic, obovate
Size: 1-2 x .5 - .75 inches
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: pinnate venation, soft flexible, glabrous
Colour: green, rich red fall color
Flowers
Colour: green yellow, showy
Size: .5 cm
Time: May, June
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: red
Time: July - September
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Stem
Description: winged stem
Colour: green grey brown
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Propagation - seed, softwood, greenwood cuttings
Comments - can be hard pruned and it will come back
- tolerant of most conditions
Pests - die back, fungal leaf spot, leaf miner insects, scale, mites
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