Spindle Tree

Spindle Tree (Euonymus) - Low trees with little beauty of flower, but of good foliage, habit, and bright fruit. They grow well in almost every variety of soil, and, as a rule, they prefer open sunny situations, particularly the evergreen sorts, and all thrive near the sea.

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Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq. - eastern wahoo

Euonymus bungeanum Maxim. - winterberry

Euonymus bungeanum Maxim. - winterberry

Euonymus bungeanum Maxim. - winterberry

Euonymus bungeanum Maxim. - winterberry

Euonymus patens Rehder - spindle tree

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American Spindle Tree

American Spindle Tree (Euonymus Americanus) - In mild winters and sheltered situations, a small sub-evergreen shrub, of about 6 feet in height. It is found wild over a wide area in Canada and the United States. It has an erect habit of growth, with numerous long slender branches covered with a smooth light green bark; the flowers, open in June, are succeeded by rough warted brilliant crimson capsules. In this country it is generally cultivated as a wall plant.

Narrow-leaved Spindle Tree

Narrow-leaved Spindle Tree (Euonymus Angustifolius) - A sub-evergreen shrub about 4 feet in height, with long wiry branches, clothed with narrow oblong leaves of a deep green color in summer, changing in autumn to a dull red tint. The flowers are small, of a greenish-white color, followed by red fruit capsules. It is a very distinct and interesting shrub for a low wall, and has a pretty effect on raised banks, growing freely in shady sheltered aspects, and in damp, heavy soils.

Common Spindle Tree

Common Spindle Tree (Euonymus Europaeus) - This is a native of England, and is a bushy tree, from 10 to 25 feet high; the leaves of a warm green color, changing as they decay to a reddish tint. Its small greenish-white flowers expand in May, and are followed almost always by an abundant crop of fruit, in bright pink capsules, which, opening up in the autumn, reveal the orange-colored sac which envelops the seeds, producing a beautiful effect. Of several varieties, the most interesting are the white-fruited kind, which differs from the species in producing white instead of pink capsules, the variety with scarlet leaves, and nanus or pumilus, a neat little plant, very bushy, and one which never grows higher than about 2 feet, and is admirably suited for the rock garden, or any situation where a dwarf plant is desirable.

Japan Spindle Tree

Japan Spindle Tree (Euonymus Japonicus) - An evergreen species 4 to 6 feet in height, of bushy habit, the branches clothed with numerous leaves of a dark glossy green color. Though hardy in sheltered districts, it seldom flowers in this country. Few evergreens thrive better near the sea, and either it or some of its varieties are frequently met with on the west and south coasts of England, and west coast of Scotland, forming handsome specimen shrubs on lawns and shrubberies. In the inland districts it suffers from frosts, and can only be depended upon on walls or in favoured situations. During recent years a number of varieties have been sent home from Japan; several of these, and particularly the variegated forms, are favourites.

Euonymus Radicans Variegatus

Euonymus Radicans Variegatus - A dwarf creeping variety, its leaves are variegated with white; it is hardy, and useful for planting as an edging. On low walls it has a pretty effect, and as it forms roots similar to those of the Ivy, it requires little care to keep it to the wall or other support.

Broad-leaved Spindle Tree

Broad-leaved Spindle Tree (Euonymus Latifolius) - Wild in the south of France and in some parts of Germany, and a tree of from 10 to 20 feet high, the leaves shining green; the flowers, which expand in June, a purplish white; the capsules large and deep red, contrasting, as they open, most effectively with the bright orange seed pods. It is quite hardy, and forms an ornamental tree, well fitted for a lawn.

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Euonymus Kewensis

Euonymus Kewensis - A pretty dwarf-growing kind well suited to dry banks and poor soils.