Euonymus japonicus ' - small-leafed selections'
Common name:
Japanese Euonymus
Pronunciation:
u-ON-i-mus ja-PON-i-kus
Family:
Celastraceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus’ Box Euonymus
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, dwarf, 1-3 ft (30-90 cm) high, distinctly upright branches, dense, formal. Leaves dark green, ovate-lanceolate, 1.2-2.5 cm long.
- Sun, little or no pruning needed.
- Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7
- A slower growing form having green leaves with white margins is available as E. j. 'Mircophyllus Variegatus' (see below).
- Corvallis: southeast corner of 26th St. and Van Buren.
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus Variegatus’ Variegated Box Euonymus
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, dwarf, 2 ft (60 cm) high, slow growing. Leaves small, green with white margins. Rarely flowers.
- Sun, little or no pruning needed except to remove occasional reversions (shoots without variegated characteristics).
- Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7
- Oregon State Univ. campus: parking lot on the west side of Washington Way and 11th St.
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus Butterscotch’ Butterscotch Box Euonymus
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub, dwarf, 3 ft (60 cm) high and wide, slow growing. Leaves small, bright yellow when new.
- Part sun to shade, little or no pruning needed.
- Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7
- Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden