| Description | One of the better broadleaf evergreen shrubs for Zone #5. |
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| Pronunciation | (you-ON-i-mus)(for-TUNE-ne-i) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Broadleaf Evergreen |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full sun to part shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | to -30 to -40 degrees F |
| Flowers | sparse, insignificant |
| Leaves | evergreen, green with gold coloration |
| Dimensions | The literature gives this plant a size 5' to 10', spreading to 20'. Grows as a trailing ground cover, a mounding shrub or a climbing vine. In Zone 5 where I have used this plant it will be less. An estimate of 2-3' plus tall by 4-5’+ spread. |
| Maintenance | Pruning is only necessary to control spread. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Author's Notes | I have found this to be the best of the gold variegated Euonymus fortunei type shrubs. I think it is superior to Emerald and Gold. Has larger more showy foliage and doesn’t winter kill as much. A great shrub, but seems somewhat hard to find (2000) in the greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. |
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