Asian Spindle Tree
Euonymus sachalinensis
Celastraceae
Other names
Euonymus Planipes, Spindle Tree, Siberian Burning Bush
Growth habit
Shrub - Clonal
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Northeastern Asia
Location
Conifer Slope, Zucker Shrub Collection
Source of plant
Cornell Botanic Gardens, Weston Nurseries
Description
Shrub reaching 4m in height; leaves to 12cm, obovate, short-acuminate, cuneate, crenate-serrate, petiole flat, to 10mm. Cymes loose, small, few-flowered; peduncles slender to 7cm, flowers 5-merous, purple or dark red; fruit 5-angled, to 18mm wide, carmine red with orange aril.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5