Introducing...

Deciduous euonymus

Common name: Spindle

These small trees and shrubs, ideal for a wildlife garden, informal hedge or mixed border, are valued for their colourful fruits and brilliant autumn colour.

Looks

These bushy to upright shrubs or small trees produce red, pink or purple fruits that ripen in autumn, splitting to reveal showy orange seeds. Most also have fantastic autumn colour, with the leaves turning vibrant crimson before they fall. Older stems often have distinctive corky ridges or ‘wings’.

Likes

These plants like sun or light shade and grow well in most types of soil, including chalk, as long as it is free-draining. They are robust and resilient plants, coping well in dry conditions and able to tolerate some exposure.

Dislikes

They will not grow well in permanently wet soils, and will not flower or fruit freely, nor produce good autumn colour, in deep shade.

Did you know?

Euonymus wood is particularly hard, and was traditionally used to make spindles for spinning wool, hence the plant’s common name.

Growing guide

How to grow euonymus

All the information you need to grow and care for euonymus in your garden.

How to grow euonymus