Autumn garden decoration euonymus winged compactus
Recently, decorative shrubs have been widely used in landscape design. They give the site the most natural and natural look, whether it be single plantings, group compositions or hedges. In the spring, lush bushes adorn the garden with their beautiful foliage, and in the fall - with bright berries. One of these plants is winged euonymus compactus. Read about European euonymus!
Description of the species
Among the undersized bushes winged euonymus compactus stands out for its undersized, but lush and spreading crown, as well as slow growth. Despite its modest size (the height of the euonymus of the compactus rarely exceeds 1 m), the crown can grow up to 3 m in diameter, while it is very dense. The root system of the bush is superficial, with thin branched roots.
"Winged" euonymus is called because of the interesting shape of the shoots: they consist of four faces, moreover, they are decorated with longitudinal wings.
The shrub is deciduous and bares its branches for the winter. In spring, bright green elongated leaves grow on them. With the arrival of autumn, they begin to gradually change color and turn brown, until the whole crown looks like a blazing red ball.
Winged euonymus blooms in May, and then white-green small inflorescences bloom among the green foliage. In autumn, red-orange berries on long petioles ripen in their place. They hang like beautiful earrings on the branches even when all the leaves have already fallen, until the end of winter, for which the euonymus is popularly called "wolf earrings".
Euonymus fruits are not eaten due to their unpleasant taste and the ability to cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Growing features
Euonymus winged compactus can be planted both in a sunny place and in partial shade. The only thing is that in the latter case, the leaves may not pick up bright colors.
Since the shrub does not tolerate waterlogging, areas where water stagnates should be avoided.
In general, the euonymus is not whimsical and responds well to care, consisting of such events:
- moderate watering;
- feeding with mineral complexes and organics during the period of active growth;
- sanitary and formative pruning.
One of the important components of care should be periodic processing of spindle trees from pests, since it has the ability to attract them to itself from all over the garden.
An adult euonymus hibernates well and tolerates severe frosts up to 25 degrees without loss, even without shelter. But it is still better to cover young seedlings for the winter with spruce branches until they get stronger.