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Hardiness Zones: 5
to 8 |
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Habit: Evergreen
to semi-evergreen |
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Growth Rate: Rapid |
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Site Requirements: Sun
to partial shade; range of soil types except wet; does best
with moist, well-drained soil |
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Height: 8
to 10 feet |
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Width: 4
to 6 feet |
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Texture: Medium
to coarse |
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Form: Informal;
open; rounded; broad spreading shrub |
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Flower/Fruit: .3"
greenish white flowers borne in loose, erect 1.5 to 4"
cymes in summer; pink fruit capsule contains orange-red seeds
in fall |
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Foliage: Opposite,
simple, lustrous dark green leaves with bluntly fine teeth;
2 to 3" long; often discolors in winter |
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Comments: Not
as susceptible to scale as other euonymus; foliage often burns
in winter; flowers attract bees and flies |
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Cultivars: Manhattan:
rapid grower; loose rounded habit; glossy dark green leaves;
4 to 6 feet tall; spread of 4 to 6 feet |
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