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Euonymus fortunei
'Vegetus'
Vegetus Wintercreeper
Origin: Horticultural origin.
Mike's
Opinion
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A Euonymus that is suited to mass planting in partial shade in large landscapes. A slight spring trimming ensures it behaves.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Celastraceae |
| Genus |
| Euonymus |
| Species |
| fortunei |
| Cultivar |
| 'Vegetus' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5–9 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5a–8a |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -26 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -15 |
| Height |
| 1.2 m |
| Spread |
| 1.2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Easy to maintain but quite poisonous. Widely used in the landscape and one of the most cold hardy cultivars. It is fast growing and adaptable to a number of environments and fruits freely. |
| Landscape |
| This cultivar can be used as a shrub or small tree; a groundcover or hedging, even trained as a climbing vine for screening. It can also thrive in inner city locations. |
| Cultivation |
| Fairly low maintenance. Responds well to pruning to maintain form as it fills out right to the ground. Prefers partial to full sun and adaptable to dry and moist soils. It is also hardy to harsh hot and cold temperatures. |
| Shape |
| Fully upright or horizontal form, growing to about 1.5 m in height and is usually broad as it is tall. Dense, bushy and is quite compact when maintained. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| This cultivar is known for its mass of brilliant orange fall berries and deep green, dense form. It is also one of the easier cultivars to produce and maintain. |
| Pests |
| This cultivar is extremely susceptible to scale. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Light greenish-brown with few lenticels. Branches have uniform pith. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Narrowly conical buds usually in clusters of three around 1.25 cm long. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves are a medium to dull green, glossy with no venation. Broad-elliptic, serrate, about 2.5–5 cm in length and more rounded. |
| Flower Description |
| Flowers are hardly noticeable, blending in with the leaves and are cream in colour. |
| Fruit Description |
| Ovoid seed with a fleshy aril, 1 cm diameter. Hulls are orange in the autumn but can also be red, pink and yellow. |
| Colour Description |
| Glossy, deep green with lighter green undersides and produces orange fruit in the fall. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth, fine texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Fanshawe College Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada. |
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