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Excellent hedge plant with attractive, silvery white margins on glossy green leaves that adds unique color and texture to the landscape. Can be grouped to form a low screen. Tolerates poor soils and heat. Evergreen. Moderate growing 6 ft tall, 3 ft. wide. Full sun.  Cutting grown.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Full sun

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

Pruning Time: Spring after flowering

Growth Rate: Moderate Growing

Design Information

Companion Plants

BLUE BIRD ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird'-Grafted

CHINESE LILAC
Syringa x chinensis

CORA LOUISE ITOH PEONY
Paeonia x 'Cora Louise'

RED TWIG DOGWOOD
Cornus alba 'Sibirica'

EVER RED JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum 'Ever Red' (A. p. dissesctum `Nigrum`)

GETSUTOKU AZALEA
Azalea `Getsutoku` (Satsuki hybrid)

ROYAL PURPLE SMOKE TREE
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'

CRIMSON PYGMY DWARF JAPANESE BARBERRY
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' ('Atropurpurea Nana')

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Companion Plants (Description): Pair with other Asian natives like Peony, Dogwood, Japanese Maple, Azalea and Rose of Sharon. Variegated foliage contrasts nicely with the purple foliage of Barberry, Smoke Tree and Weigela.

Design Styles: An excellent light colored background to show off plants of unique color and form. A nice addition to an Asian inspired garden.  Ideal contrast when intermixed with solid color evergreen hedges, cones and espalier. Makes a super espalier and can be purchased in pre-sheared topiary forms for containers or for European inspired formal evergreen gardens.

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: Euonymus is native to Eastern Asia including the Himalayas, but can be found in Europe, Australia, North America and Madagascar.  E. japonica is native to Japan, Korea and China.   The berries are a valuable food source to birds, but all parts of this plant are poisonous to humans. Euonymus is commonly called Japanese spindle due to the use of its hardwood in making spindles for spinning wool.  

Botanical Pronunciation: u-ON-i-mus ja-PON-i-ka

Catalog Description: Excellent hedge plant with attractive, silvery white margins on glossy green leaves that adds unique color and texture to the landscape. Can be grouped to form a low screen. Tolerates poor soils and heat. Evergreen. Moderate growing 6 ft tall, 3 ft. wide. Full sun.  Cutting grown.