Euonymus f Acutus {24 Pots 3 1 2 in } fortunei wintercreeper @ classygroundcovers.com

Euonymus f. ’Acutus’<br>{24 Pots - 3 1/2 in.}

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Euonymus f. ’Acutus’
{24 Pots - 3 1/2 in.}

(AKA Wintercreeper, Euonymus f. Radicans, Euonymus Radicans, Euonymus japonicus Acutus, Euonymus japonicus Chinensis, Euonymus japonicus Radicans)

An evergreen, trailing shrub-like vine native to Asia with dark green, shiny, egg-shaped leaves 1" - 2 1/2" long. New growth turns purple in fall.

Tolerates a variety of environmental conditions, including poor soils, full sun to dense shade, and a wide pH range. Moderately tolerant of salt. Foot traffic is tolerated, but not encouraged.

Caution: invasive, should only be used in contained areas. Fast growth rate. Mature height 12-24", spacing 10-14".

Euonymus fortunei (also commonly known as Fortune’s spindle) is a species of Euonymus native to China, Korea and Japan. It is a woody evergreen vine, can grow to 20 m tall, climbing by means of small rootlets on the stems, similar to ivy (an example of convergent evolution, as the two species are not related). Like ivy, it also has a sterile non-flowering juvenile climbing or creeping phase, which on reaching high enough into the crowns of trees to get more light, develops into an adult, flowering phase which does not have climbing rootlets.

The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 2-6 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are inconspicuous, 5 mm diameter, with four small greenish-yellow petals. The fruit - if any - is a four-lobed pale green pod-like berry, which splits open to reveal the fleshy-coated orange seeds, one seed in each lobe.

Full sun Part sun Shade

Zones: 4-9

$78.48 for 1 pack of 24 plants ($3.27 per plant)

10-41 packs - $71.28 per pack ($2.97 per plant)