| Description | Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) is a tall. wide-spreading deciduous shrub with brilliant fall foliage. It has become an invasive noxious weed in many parts of the USA. |
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| Pronunciation | (you-ON-i-mus)(a-LA-tus) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full for best fall color, will tolerate some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | red capsules, most ornamental when fruit splits exposing the red seed |
| Leaves | green during the summer, vivid red in the fall |
| Stems | branches form a corky ridge |
| Dimensions | This shrub can become very large getting over 12-15 feet in high by equal spread. Not a good bush for foundation plants |
| Maintenance | can be pruned to control size, have seen them pruned into large hedges |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to China and Japan. Earliest know use was 1860. |
| Misc Facts | Burning Bush has become invasive in some areas. I have one large plant in a corner planting. Every year I need to rogue out dozens of seedlings that are growing around the base of the plant. I can see how they can come invasive. |
| Author's Notes | The regular Burning Bush produces larger and more pronounced corky winged projections off the branches than the Dwarf Burning Bush. I have seen very large mature plants over 15-16 feet spread. I use this plant only when it has plenty of room to spread. I use to drive past a yard that had a large specimen plant in their front garden. One day I stopped and asked if I could take a picture of their beautiful plant. They obliged. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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