Outstanding Features:
Excellent plant form that provides winter interest with its winged twigs. Brilliant red fall color.

Description:
Height: 10-12'
Width: 10-12'
Hardiness Zone: 4a

Burning Bush or Winged Euonymus is an excellent large shrub for landscape use. The plant's interesting winged branches add considerable interest to the winter landscape. The vivid pink to bright red fall color is unsurpassed. Reddish fruit, which is most noticeable after the leaves are shed in the fall, also adds to this plant's appeal. However they are not usually heavy fruiters. The summer foliage quality is also attractive with its medium texture and green color. Foliage stays clean and pest free throughout the growing season. Often used for sheared or unsheared hedges.

Requirements and Culture:
Tolerant to either full sun or light shade. Develops better fall coloration in a sunny location. Can be trained into a small tree. Prefers a fertile, moist, but well drained soil as it is not very tolerant of drought or low soil fertility.

Limitations:
No serious insect or disease problems. Very susceptible to rabbit and deer browsing.

Selected Cultivars:

'Nordine'- has a slightly smaller, more compact plant habit and fruits much more heavily than the species and is winter hardy into zone 3.

'Compacta'- is a more dwarf form but not as cold hardy. (Hardiness 4b)

Photo Credit: 1 E. Hasselkus; 2 & 3 MLA. Photograph 1 is the cultivar 'Chicago Fire'

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