BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery

Mail order trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers

Description

Available Autumn / Winter 2012 - Beautiful shrub or very small tree, Euonymus planipes is native to Korea, Northern Japan, Sakhalin Island, Eastern Siberia and has masses of showy, purplish-scarlet fruit in autumn. These fruit weep gracefully from the branches and split open to reveal bright orange seed.

Once established, the large, lush green leaves also have excellent autumn colour, turning deep red or plum purple before falling. Euonymus planipes is also know for its distinctive, long, pointed mahogany coloured buds in spring before the leaves emerge. An unusual, showy garden plant with very ornamental fruit!

Supplied Size: sold out

Features

• Position: Full sun or partial shade.
• Soil: Any fertile soil.
• Hardiness: Hardy.
• Flowering Period: April - May.
• Flower Colour: Greenish-yellow
• Rate of Growth: Slow until established, then moderate.
• Habit: Large, elegantly branching shrub.
  • Height: Eventually 2.5 m (8 ft) - 3 m (10 ft).
  • Spread: 3 m (10 ft).

• Notes: The fruit are toxic and should not be eaten. This plant was formerly named Euonymus sachalinensis.

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