Scientific Name:	Euonymus alatus
Pronunciation:	you-ON-ih-mus eh-LAY-tu
Common Name:	burning bush, winged Euonymus, winged burning bush
Family Name:	Celastraceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Shrub 4-angled, corky 'winged' shoots, (alatus means winged); leaves oblanceolate, toothed, dark green, mostly opposite (rarely alternate); fruit capsule, reddish-purple, orange arils.
Course(s):	AARB 1012, HORT 1155, Level 1 Apprenticeship, CLT Training

Habit: Dense, Horizontal, Spreading Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Specimen plant, Winter interest Additional Info: Google. Popular cvs. include A. 'Compacta'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green Colour in Fall: Red, Dark-red Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Obovate Apices: Cuspidate Bases: Cuneate Margins: Serrate Additional Info: Spectacular fall colour, 2-7 cm x 1-4 cm

Inflorescence Type: Cyme Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 4 Corolla Shape: Cruciform Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Not showy, Green-yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Orange, Red, Magenta, (outer capsule may be pink, yellow or orange) Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Accessory tissue, (covered by a fleshy aril)

Bark Morphology: Plated, Corky, Other Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Green     Organ Modifications: Winged stems

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Dieback, Fungal leaf spot, Leaf miner insect, Mites, Nematodes, Scale insects

Location(s): (CGW) Community Garden West (ONE) Overpass North side East : 491 (PPL) Pine PLanting : 235 Location Map

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