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Sensational accent or hedge desired for the intense scarlet red fall coloring. Interesting compact, mounded form displays attractive rich green leaves spring through summer. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 6 to 8 feet tall and wide.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Full sun

Watering Needs: Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.

Design Information

Companion Plants

BLACK JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum 'Nigrum'

BLACKBERRY WINE FUMEWORT
Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine'

SILVER-VEINED WINTERCREEPER
Euonymus fortunei 'Wolong Ghost'

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Companion Plants (Description): Grow this burning bush with Black Japanese Maple, (Acer palmatum 'Nigrum'), Wolong Ghost Euonumus, (Euonyumus fortunei 'Wolong Ghost'), Jelena Witch Hazel, (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'), Dream Pink Hybrid Tea Rose, (Rosa x 'Twojoan') and Brewley's Varieaged Viburnum, (Viburnum tinus 'Beweley's Varieagated').

Design Styles: Burning Bush is usually planted as a single specimen or in a grove. It can make a good, natural hedge with changes in every season. Use to brighten dark corners in architecture or in groves of coniferous evergreens to add brilliance and a spot of seasonal color. Excellent for wild garden accent and in habitat planting that needs color.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape.

Background Information

History: This fiery shrub is native to Japan and was both introduced by von Siebold around 1823. It was among the 485 plants he collected and introduced into Europe from discriptions in his Flora Japonica. However, the plants are found in a much larger range over much of Asia and officially classified in 1860. The first dwarf form appeared before 1928 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Coles Compact Select was introduced by Cole's Nursery.

Lore: Euonuymus alatus was named burning bush for the similarity of its fiery foliage to the the Old Testament story of Moses.

Catalog Description: Sensational accent or hedge desired for the intense scarlet red fall coloring. Interesting compact, mounded form displays attractive rich green leaves spring through summer. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 6 to 8 feet tall and wide.