
Burning Bush
- Botanical Name
- Euonymus alatus
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 15 to 20 feet
- Width
- 15 to 20 feet
- Flowers
- May to early June: yellow-green, 3 flowered cyme; not ornamentally effective
- Fruit
- 4-lobed dehiscent capsule holding orange-red seeds
- Fall Color
- Reds
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained (best)
- Planting & Care
- Poor fall color with heavy shade and excess nitrogen
- Problems
- Euonymus caterpillar, clay soil decline, scale, mites, overused, poorly sited (pruned into unnatural shape), can be invasive, RABBITS
- Varieties
- Compactus - 6-8' tall, less corky bark, fall color later and more maroon, less winter hardy
- Nordine Strain - more compact, more branches near ground, Zone 3b
- Chicago FireTM - 8-10' by 6-8' in 15 years, cinnamon red fall color, lots of fruit
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