| Scientific Name: | Euonymus europaeus |
| Common Name: | common spindle tree, European euonymus |
| Family Name: | Celastraceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Screening, Small garden/space, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Obovate, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Pink, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Narrow, upright when young, broadening with age; leaves opposite, most elliptic, 3-7cm long x 1-3cm wide, margin finely serrate; flowers 1-1.5cm wide, 4 yellow-green petals, May; capsules 1-1.5cm wide, 4 lobed, pink-red, seeds orange. Winter ID: imbricate plump tear-drop shaped flower buds. | |