Wintercreeper

Botanical Name

Euonymus fortunei

Hardiness

Zones 4 to 9

Height

6 to 24 inches up to 15 feet (depending on cultivar)

Width

Spreading, vine-like

Flowers

Late spring: greenish-white

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

Plant in a protected site or east exposure where plant will be safe from winter wind and sun
Will attach and climb up structures
Loosely tie the main stem and side branches of young plants to your chosen support structure. Once clinging rootlets form, plant will support itself.
Prune in early spring. Remove weak, damaged, dead and winter injured branches back to a healthy branch
Can be invasive in some areas

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