| Scientific Name: | Euonymus fortunei |
| Common Name: | wintercreeper, winter creeper |
| Family Name: | Celastraceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Mounded, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Small garden/space, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Red, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low shrub or creeper (quick to form adventitious roots); leaves opposite, elliptic to oval, finely toothed, dark green, 2-6cm long x 1-3cm wide; capsules rounded, 5-7mm wide, white with orange arils (seeds; fruit absent in some cultivars). | |