Botanical Name: Euonymus alatus
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Celastraceae
Zone: Hardy to Zone 4
Height: 2-2.5m (6.5-8ft)
Width: 2.5-3m wide (8-10ft)
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Description: Yellow/green
Light: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Hedge
Flower: Insignificant
Leaf: Good Fall
Tolerate: Clay Soil, Black Walnut
Extremely popular for its blazing fall color, this deciduous shrub makes an excellent specimen, as an accent in a dark corner of the landscape, or formed into a beautiful hedge. Rich green leaves are displayed on mounds from spring to summer. Late in the year pods open revealing russet seeds which are eaten readily by wildlife.
