How to choose a spruce for the garden

The decoration of any suburban area will be a beautiful shrub. If you want to fill the yard with bright colors, you should definitely plant an euonymus.

This unique plant will delight with beauty even in the autumn period, when most flowers will fade.

We offer to get acquainted with the most common varieties of shrub euonymus.

  • Big-winged
  • European
  • Japanese
  • Warty
  • Koopmann
  • Dwarf
  • Forchuna
  • Maak
  • Hamilton
  • Broadleaf
  • Suberic
  • Winged

Big-winged

This variety has rather large fruit-boxes of crimson color, which are very beautifully revealed during the period of their ripening. They look like a beautiful flower.

Important! In the fruits of euonymus there is a toxic substance, so it is very important not to allow its fruits to enter the oral cavity and mucous membranes.

In the first half of May, small flowers of a green shade become noticeable, which form large inflorescences. Usually the seeds ripen in early September, after which the foliage of the plant changes its color. A beautiful decorative look will delight you until the ground is covered with snow.

European

Euonymus European is quite common. This species loves light and selects deciduous forests for settlement.

Shrub happy flowering in June and July. In August, there is a staining of the fruit in a maroon or pink color. Seed material is carefully hidden in the orange princemen. The fruits of the plant will not fall off until winter, and in the autumn period the foliage will illuminate your site with a purple glow.

Today there is a wide variety of varieties of European Euonymus. If you decide to decorate the plot with this original plant, you will have plenty to choose from.

Japanese

Proceeding from the name it is clear that the Japanese spindle comes from the eastern countries. In Korea and China can be found shrubs, slightly different in shape and color. The Japanese look has oval, dense leaves and orange seeds that are in neat boxes. An adult plant reaches a great height and can grow up to 8 m.

Did you know? If you grow an euonymus in a pot, its height will not exceed 1 m.

Best of all, the shrub grows in partial shade, it normally reacts to dry periods. In late May, the plant is covered with nondescript whitish flowers that have a sour smell.The fruits ripen in the autumn months.

Warty

Warty euonymus is a plant that is most often found in the lower tiers of coniferous or deciduous forests. The shrub grows well in the shade and can reach 6 m in height. However, these are exceptional cases - most often the average height of a bush is 2 m.

The plant is covered with convex growths, from which the name originated.

You will be interested to get acquainted with the types and varieties of other shrubs for the garden, such as heather, cotoneaster, sea buckthorn, curled honeysuckle, snowberry, spirea.
During flowering, the bush has brown flowers that are held on long petioles. Flowering occurs at the end of May and lasts for a month. Unusual appearance of the plant give the fruit pink color with seeds that are covered with reddish-brown lids. Such beauty can be observed from August until the arrival of the winter cold. Shrub tolerates frost, unpretentious, so it is often used to create compositions in landscape design.

Koopmann

This species has a relatively small height - a maximum of 1 m. The plant has green ribbed shoots that have spreading rooting.

The leaves are elongated shrubs, their length is from 1.5 to 5 cm.Their surface shines with glitter, the structure is leathery, bluish below.

Flowers are colored green, about 5 mm in size and can be placed singly or half-umbrellas.

Dwarf

The height of this plant fully justifies its name.

The shrub grows to a maximum of 30 cm. The length of the leaves is up to 7 cm, they are quite leathery, have a green color with a gray tint. Inflorescences are also small in size and 4 petals.

The flowering period in the shrub is very short and is only one week. Most often this species can be found in Western Ukraine, Moldova, Crimea.

Forchuna

Forchun's euonymus is one of the popular varieties that attracts the attention of designers with its beauty. The bush has good endurance, it is not afraid of even the most severe frosts.

Important! If you decide to reproduce eosklet, it is better to use the cutting method. Seed method is very time consuming and does not always guarantee a successful cultivation.

The plant has lanceolate leaves and small white-red fruits. Such shrubs will be the decoration of any yard or backyard.There are also creeping varieties of this species. They are extremely popular with designers.

Maak

This species can most often be found in the regions of Eastern Siberia, Primorye and in the northeast of China.

The height of an adult plant can be up to 2 to 8 m. You can enjoy the beauty of the Euonymus in the autumn period, when the shrub is hung with elegant pink boxes located on long peduncles.

The purple color of the leaves, up to 8 cm long, makes the maka incredibly beautiful.

Hamilton

This spruce variety reaches a height of 3 m, leaves have an ovate-rhombic or lanceolate form, their length reaches 10 cm, width - up to 5 cm.

The seed is in the orange-red boxes. The flowering period falls on July, and fruit ripening occurs in October.

Did you know? According to legend, the euonymus appeared at the place where the goddess Flora lost her brooch in the form of a flower and an earring. She decided not to look for jewelry, and stopped them in a wonderful flower shrub.

Usually this species can be found on a small river island in the valley of the river, on the shores of lakes. Sand sediments are ideal soil for euonymus.

Broadleaf

The height of the broadleaf euonymus may be from 2 to 5 m. The ideal habitat for shrubs are shady beech and spruce mountain forests in the Crimea.

Thanks to the purple-red boxes hanging from the neat long legs, the plant has a very beautiful look. Seed material is almost closed orange prisemennikami.

Shrub attracts attention due to unusual membranous leaves. It is often used in landscape design, decorated with house areas and summer cottages.

Suberic

This type of shrub is able to please the eye in spring, summer and autumn. Especially in the autumn period, when the fruits are ripening, the euonymus puts on an incredible, fabulous outfit.

Important! The plant does not like direct sunlight. On the site it is better to plant it in the shade, and when grown in an apartment - placed on the windowsill on the north side.

The leaves of the plant have an elliptical shape, reach a length of 11 cm and a width of 4 cm. The inflorescences are collected in half-umbrellas, which include from 5 to 15 flowers.

You can meet cork euonymus on the banks of the river and on the high mountain slopes.It tolerates frosts, unpretentious, so it can grow for a long time without leaving.

Winged

Winged Euonymus has a wide, spreading, branched crown. The height can grow to 4 m. On average, over the year its crown increases by 15 cm in diameter. Flowering shrub falls at the end of May and the first half of June. It is covered with small flowers of greenish-white color.

Did you know? Shrub seeds are widely used in the manufacture of cinnamon oil, and the bark of the plant is often used in the manufacture of footwear.
The special beauty of this species of euonymus boasts in the autumn period. The leaves of the shrub become red with different shades that make the plant bright and original. Due to its rich color and rich crown, euonymus is very popular among designers. Now you know what the mysterious plant is the euonymus, how its species and varieties look. The shrub will be a wonderful decoration of a summer cottage or a local area.