Plant: Coloratus - Euonymus
Euonymus · Euonymus japonicus 'Coloratus'
Size: 4" square pot
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More about this plant
A dense evergreen shrub with waxy, lustrous, leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches long held year round on erect to mounding stems. Small four parted greenish maroon flowers open in axillary cymes in late spring and early summer, followed in fall by showy four valved capsules about one third of an inch long in pink, red, ivory or yellow that split to reveal orange red seeds. It grows in full sun, partial shade or dappled light in clay, loam or sand at any pH with good drainage, tolerates drought, salt and black walnut, and is used as a hedge or border.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6a-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A dense evergreen shrub with waxy, lustrous, leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches long held year round on erect to mounding stems. Small four parted greenish maroon flowers open in axillary cymes in late spring and early summer, followed in fall by showy four valved capsules about one third of an inch long in pink, red, ivory or yellow that split to reveal orange red seeds. It grows in full sun, partial shade or dappled light in clay, loam or sand at any pH with good drainage, tolerates drought, salt and black walnut, and is used as a hedge or border.
- Flowers
- Small four parted greenish maroon flowers in axillary cymes in late spring and early summer, noted for a vinegary smell.
- Fruit
- A four valved globose capsule about one third of an inch long, reddish pink to ivory or yellow, splitting to show orange red seeds.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Native range
- Korea and Japan to the Nansei-shoto islands
