Euonymus alatus

• BOTANICAL NAME: Euonymus alatus
• PRONUNCIATION: u-on'i-mus a-la'tus
• COMMON NAME: Burning Bush; Winged Euonymous
• FAMILY: Celastraceae
• NATIVITY: Northeastern Asia to Central China
• GROWTH HABIT: Mounded to horizontal
• SIZE: 15 to 20' (height) by 15 - 20' (spread).
• HARDINESS: Zone 4 - 8.
• CULTURE: well-drained soils, sun although it can withstand shade
• LANDSCAPE USE: Unlimited
• FOLIAGE: opposite, simple, elliptic to obovate 1 to 3" long, red fall color
• BUDS: imbricate, green-brown-red, 6 to 8 pairs of bud scales, conical, glabrous, strongly divergent
• BARK: greenish brown, corky wings on stems
• FLOWER: none significant
• FRUIT: 1/3" long capsule
• PROPAGATION: seeds or cuttings
• PESTS: None significant
• CULTIVARS: 'Angelica' 'Apterus' 'Chicago Fire'