Better Than a Boxwood!Manhattan Euonymus is a lush, green, fast growing Euonymus that might remind you of a Boxwood but on steroids. Growing twice as fast as a boxwood, use this as a robust growing hedge. Manhattan can be sheared more formally and kept at most any size if you like. They make excellent formal hedges that can be used to enclose a rose garden or form the outer walls of a garden room. Rounded, shiny green leaves stay on the plant year-round as it is a broadleaved evergreen even up into hardiness zone 5. They can be grown in full sun through full shade which opens the door to many uses in the landscape. There are not many plants that can be grown successfully in either sun or shade. Left untrimmed, they get six or eight feet in height and about five feet across in the natural form and very quickly because of the fast growth rate. The flowers are small and typically inconspicuous but the pinkish fruits will remind you on the fruit on a bittersweet vine and it very showy. Your Manhattan Euonymus is an excellent candidate for an informal hedge making a great backdrop for a perennial border in sun or shade. A Manhattan hedge will also make a great natural backdrop for a colorful shrub border as well. They also make incredible specimen plants that can be sheared into a pyramid or even trained along a wall.In warmer climates, Manhattan Euonymous are used very successfully in containers and can be sheared in to many interesting forms. An excellent and elegant plant that branches right to the ground unlike many other hedge plants which can be leggy an open at the bottoms.In n zone 5, you should be careful to keep the plants sited out of western and northern exposed winter winds. Manhattan is shallow rooted and will love additional moisture in hotter regions during the growing season to keep it happy. Overall, Manhattan Euonymus is a very versatile and useful plant in so many different aspects in the landscape. It will make a striking addition to your landscape, especially in the winter. Order yours today!* Super-fast growing* Excellent informal hedge that branches right to the ground* An outstanding formal plant when sheared for hedges both small or large* Elegant dark green foliage all year long* Beautiful pink fruit capsules are very showy.
Category: Euonymus Shrubs
Gold Splash® Euonymus
A New & Improved Version of an Old FavoriteEuonymus Gold Splash (Gold Splash® Euonymus fortunei ‘Roemertwo’ ) is a great new boon to the home landscape. A new version of an old standard that lives up to the hype. This evergreen provides year-round interest even in tough zone 5 climates.Big round leaves of bright green foliage are edged with thick golden yellow – really showy in the garden. It stands out from the crowd and has far more impact than older varieties. The yellow edge is very stable and reliable and you won’t have many random green shoots like in past varieties.Gold Splash is a very versatile plant that can be used in foundation plantings, borders, as a striking hedge and even in large containers. It remains green all winter and fits well into even tight places. Use it to edge your walk or fence.Gold Splash tolerates almost any soil except extremely wet conditions. It loves to be pruned and handles shearing well.One of the hardiest of landscape shrubs, this reliable and adaptable choice for most home landscapes looks great in mass plantings.If you are looking for a very hardy, reliable, evergreen plant that is more than just green and will handle winter cold without a second thought, then you need Gold Splash. Order yours from us today.* Proven Winner Selection* Stunning Variegated Color* Insect & Disease Resistant.
Moonshadow Euonymus
Exquisite FoliageMoonshadow Euonymus is an evergreen shrub or creeper with ornamental foliage. Plant several as a low hedge, or just one as an accent for your perennial bed. These would also do well as container plants for your front porch. Your Moonshadow Euronymus is an adorable little shrub with a lot to offer for its diminutive size. Its evergreen nature ensures that you’ll enjoy its appearance year-round, and the decorative foliage will provide an added benefit over other small evergreens in your landscape. When you see your Moonshadow, you’ll immediately notice the foliage. Each oval, serrated leaf features a yellow center framed by glossy green. When the foliage is young, the yellow has a more muted appearance, darkening with age. This gives your Moonshadow a somewhat multi-toned appearance that will be a stand-out for your summer landscape. When fall arrives, your Moonshadow stems turn red and the foliage takes on a pink tone. This dense, compact and evergreen shrub matures at 1-2 feet tall and wide It tends to stay low and compact, with a somewhat rounded habit. Unlike some other varieties, Moonshadow will form a slow-growing mat that won’t need to be pruned often to maintain its form. Moonshadow is tolerant of most soil conditions (except overly moist), grows in sun or shade and can be sheared or left to grow naturally. For a low maintenance evergreen shrub with exquisite foliage color year-round, it’s hard to find a better plant that Moonshadow Euronymus. No matter how limited your space, there’s always room to enjoy some of Moonshadow’s special beauty.* Evergreen * Unique foliage color * Great container plant.
Euonymus Canadale Gold
Ground Hugging Shrub Thrives in Sun AND Shade!The Euonymus Canadale Gold, ‘Euonymus fortunei ‘Canadale Gold’, produces large green leaves with a deep golden yellow margin that are borne on strong branches to form a sturdy compact plant.The glossy oval leaves of ‘Canadale Gold’ are ornamentally significant and the flowers produce pink capsules from mid to late fall.This Euonymus is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.This shrub performs well in both full sun and full shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions.* Widely adaptable ground cover!* Ground hugging evergreen shrub* Thrives in sun & shade .
Emerald Gaiety Euonymus
Low Maintenance – High ImpactThe Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaiety’, Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’, has deep green leaves edged in sparkling white. The leaves are tinged with pink in winter.This evergreen shrub has a dense erect habit and is excellent for small hedges and foundation plantings. It is fast growing, low maintenace and very dense. It matures to 2′-4′ with a spread of 3′-4′ It will thrive in full sun to full shade.Even though Emerald Gaiety is classified as a shrub, it can become a climber if supported. The flowers are easy to miss, but it can produce quite showy red inedible berries.This is a very versatile plant. It grows well in sun & shade, offers unique foliage & has many uses.* Variegated Leaves* Small Climbing Erect Shrub* Full Sun to Full Shade.
Euonymus Vegetus
Versatile Shrub/Vine with Ornamental FeaturesVegetus Euonymus is a broadleaf, evergreen vine. Plant some as spreading groundcover around your trees and you won’t have as much trimming to do when you mow the lawn. Place one near an arbor or fence and let it become a living decoration that’s attractive even in winter.Vegetus Euonymus is an incredibly versatile plant. You can train it into a large shrub, leave as a groundcover or even urge it into a climbing vine. The small, elliptical leaves are evergreen with a thick texture and matte green color. Green-tinted, white flowers appear in summer followed by pretty pink capsules in mid-fall. A profusion of orange-red berries appear in autumn and last into winter, attracting birds and wildlife.Vegetus Euonymus will grow to 2 feet high with a 5-foot spread. This bushy, Asiatic twining shrub can be pruned anytime and into almost any shape. It’s a versatile and adaptable plant. Vegetus Euonymus is tolerant of both hot climates and cold hardy as well. It does well in most soils and even tolerates city and coastal conditions.A versatile plant that you can use almost anywhere, Vegetus Euonymus is plant that will always be an asset to your yard.* Adaptable to vine or shrub form * Evergreen * Flowers and berries * Wildlife interest * Hardy * Red Berries on Dark Green Foliage.
Sarcoxie Euonymus
Versatile Evergreen with Variegated FoliageSarcoxie Euonymus is an evergreen vine with ornamental foliage. This extremely versatile plant can be used as a groundcover, trained to climb your lamppost or even encouraged into an accent shrub for your front yard. Your Sarcoxie Euonymus is an evergreen that loves to spread and sprawl. As an evergreen, it provides wonderful, year-round color but the unique foliage is where it really shines. Each glossy, oval leaf features white-variegated dark green foliage, which is sure to add some ornamental definition for your yard. In the fall, your Sarcoxie will grace your landscape with the addition of showy, shell-pink capsules for that extra dash of color before the drabness of winter sets in. Sarcoxie Euonymus is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub that will grow to about four feet tall with a five foot spread (depending upon how you train/prune it). It has a natural ground-hugging habit and is adaptable to various landscape conditions. It’s even tolerant of pollution so you can use it even if you’re in an urban environment. It can be pruned at any time, so it’s especially amenable to a variety of uses. An evergreen with ornamental foliage that asks for little but offers a lot, Sarcoxie Euonymus is certainly an easy choice for your landscape today.* Evergreen * Variegated foliage * Fall interest * Hardy.
Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus
Evergreen Turns Purple and Grows AnywherePurple Wintercreeper Euonymus, Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’, also known as Wintercreeper and Wintercreeper Eunonymus, is a dense, woody-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen vine-ish which comes in a variety of forms. Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’,commonly called purple wintercreeper euonymus, is primarily a trailing ground cover form which typically grows to 6-9″ tall. It spreads indefinitely by rooting stems as a sprawling, tangled, bushy mat.It is similar in habit to English ivy, in that it spreads along the ground, rooting as it goes, until it reaches a vertical surface which it then begins to climb.It features lustrous, ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves (1-2″ long) which turn dark purple in fall and winter.Purple Wintercreeper has inconspicuous, sparse, greenish-white flowers that may appear in June.If allowed to climb a wall, tree or other structure, this plant assumes more vine-like characteristics. It is one of the most popular evergreen ground covers available in commerce today.This plant is a good ground cover for slopes. It is also used for container plantings, massing and erosion control.*Green Foliage Turns DarkPurple in Autumn*Will Grow Anywhere*Vigorous Growth.
Blondy® Euonymus
Brilliant Yellow/Green ShrubA delightful combination of green and yellows highlight this Proven Winners® evergreen shrub selection. The variegated leaves appear on yellow stems, each lovely leaf featuring serrated, oval-shaped dark green tone accented with a splash of bright yellow in the center. The foliage is so lovely that it’s often used in vase arrangements. Blondy Euonymus, also known as Blondy Wintercreeper is an evergreen shrub that will grow up to 2 feet tall with an equal spread. It has a bushy, mounded habit and is adaptive to a variety of soils. Its lovely left to grow naturally, but is amenable to pruning if you so desire. Your Blondy Wintercreper loves full sun but will still thrive in partial shade. It’s adaptive to a variety of soils and generally low maintenance. Blondy Wintercreeper is spectacular when planted en masse for the vibrant color that it provides to the landscape. It’s also can provide a lovely, tall groundcover or vibrant border. Popular shrubs come and go, but only some have the long-term staying power that keeps them a popular choice among gardeners. Blondy Wintercreeper has that staying power and is sure to prove it to you when you plant one this year. Order yours today!* Decorative foliage * Year round interest * Drought tolerant.