| Scientific Name: | Euonymus japonicus 'Silver King' |
| Common Name: | Silver King euonymus |
| Family Name: | Celastraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Green, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small shrub; leaves opposite, oval, most blades 3-7cm long x 1.5-2.5cm wide, margins serrulate, variegated silvery-white, petioles ~5mm long; flowers inconspicuous, ~5mm wide, greenish-white, May-Jun; fruit very showy, pink with orange seeds. | |