Scientific Name:	Euonymus fortunei
Pronunciation:	you-ON-ih-mus fore-TYOO-nee-eye
Common Name:	wintercreeper, winter creeper
Family Name:	Celastraceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Vine or climber
Key ID Features:	Low shrub or creeper (quick to form adventitious roots); leaves opposite, elliptic to oval, finely toothed, dark green, 2-6 cm long x 1-3 cm wide; fruit spherical, < 6 mm, white capsules with orange arils (seeds; fruit absent in some cvs.).
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 1 Apprenticeship, CLT Training

Habit: Dense Form: Mounded, Round Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Garden origin (Leaves oval, toothed, dark green; flowers clusters of cymes; fruit white/orange arils, <6mm.) Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Small garden/space, Winter interest (Caution: poisonous parts) Additional Info: Google. Cultivars on campus include Euonymus 'Emerald 'n Gold', E. ‘Emerald Gaiety’, E. ‘Gold Spot’, and E. 'Interbolwji'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Green-yellow, Yellow, Nearly White, depends on cv. Colour in Fall: Green, Green-yellow, Bronze, Nearly White Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 4 Corolla Shape: Cruciform Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Orange, Red Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy, Accessory tissue

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Aerial or climbing roots

Pest Susceptibility:	Anthracnose, Galls, Scale insects, Wood deformity, ( Drought resistant )

Location(s): (NRY) NuRserY : cvs. Emerald Gaiety, Interbolwji (ONE) Overpass North side East : cvs. Emerald 'n' Gold, Emerald Gaiety, Gold Spot (ONW) Overpass North side West : cvs. Emerald 'n' Gold, Emerald Gaiety (PPL) Pine PLanting : cv. Emerald n Gold Location Map

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