Botanical Name: Euonymus alatus
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Common Name: Winged Euonymus or Burning Bush  
Plant photo of: Euonymus alatus
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

12-25'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Dark Green, Red

 

Bark Color

Brown, Green

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Myrna Dowsett
  • Description

  • Notes

Burning bush is a large deciduous shrub, growing to 15 feet or more, usually with a similar spread. Leaves emerge in the spring a bright, luminous green, mature to a dullish medium to dark green, and turn a brilliant scarlet to burgundy in the fall. After the leaves drop, the interesting wood is exposed, with corky "wings" along the length of the stems. New wood displays green and brown wood, older wood is a warm grey brown. Little yellow flowers appear May and June, and though not showy, they are charming. Not easy to find ("Compacta" is a dwarf form, is more common), but I saw one next to a patio pruned as a multi-stemmed small tree and it was stunning.