Melinda Myers

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

Problems

Scale, anthracnose, crown gall, leaf spot, mildew, aphids

Varieties

• Blondy - bright yellow marked foliage
• Emerald Gaiety - small, erect shrub, 4' tall
• Emerald 'n Gold - 2' tall, leaves edged in yellow
• Euonymus fortunei var. radicans - usual groundcover form