Taxon

Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'

Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus' - Purple Wintercreeper
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Common name: Purple Wintercreeper
Family: Celastraceae (Bittersweet family, Staff-tree family)
Distribution: Asia
IUCN Red list: Not evaluated
Hardiness: 4a
Life form: Evergreen perennial
Comments: ‘Coloratus’ (commonly called purple wintercreeper) is a very hardy, woody broadleaf evergreen (to semi-evergreen) that comes in a variety of forms such as trailing groundcover, a mounding shrub, or climbing vine. It does well between zones 4-9 and likes to grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in sun and shade. This Euonymus tolerates a wide range of soils and soil conditions, except for wet ones, spreads rapidly and indefinitely by creeping stems which root where they touch the ground. It has good tolerance for urban conditions. It features lustrous dark green leaves (1-2" long) which turn dark purple in fall and winter. Inconspicuous, greenish-white flowers may appear in June but are very sparse and most often don’t appear at all. ‘Coloratus’ is a versatile ground cover effective as an edger along paths or sidewalks, as a slope cover where it can also provide erosion control, as a foundation planting or as an ivy-like climbing vine for covering upright structures.
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  • 13: Pavillion Lawn • Accession: 2015-712/1 • Provenance: Garden
  • 14: Pavillion Lawn • Accession: 2015-712/6 • Provenance: Garden
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