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Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow' |
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| | January 1: a few leaves winter-scorched, but still very nice |
| Common name |
wintercreeper |
| Family |
celastraceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z4-8) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Our favorite wintercreeper. Unlike our other varieties ('Emerald and Gold' and 'Emerald Gaiety'), which get a little rangy over time, this one stays low and compact, forming a ground-covering mat. The variegation is unusual and attractive - dark olive green blotched with a muted yellow. A few times I had to remove a branch that had reverted to all-green (see the center of the photo above), but for the most part it holds its variegation well. Very slow to grow from rooted divisions.
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| | Earliest March - one of the brightest spots in our side garden |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Judy Frerichs | Apr 29, 2006 | so how far does this spread and is it hard to contain
This is a very polite creeper. It spreads quite slowly (less than 6 inch per year for me), and containment is not an issue at all - it is not aggressive. |
| Elizabeth | Jun 13, 2006 | I heard that it's highly susceptible to a euonymus disease. What is that, is it true and what do you do about it? Thank you.
I've no idea - ours hasn't suffered from any problems. |
| Kathleen | May 29, 2008 | I just bought three of these because they seemed to fit my criteria and are beautiful. What can I do about soil and fertilizer to keep them healthy?
Ordinary garden soil, with a mostly sunny exposure, will suit them just fine. I don't fertilize, and my Moonshadow is happy as can be. |
| les warr | Jun 20, 2008 | How do I start cuttings to root I am a novice. I have two plants and I love the Golden Maiden Euonymus and would like to expand
Propagating from cuttings is still a black art to me as well - I hope to learn one of these days. |
| Geoff Clark | Jul 15, 2008 | How does one combat scale on these shrubs?
I've not had that problem. Perhaps someone else can chime in... |
| Tom Mayan | Jul 21, 2008 | I have several of these at my home. Two covered the entire side of our brick home (West and East exposure). Two years ago the one on the West side died completely and I had to remove. I now notice the remaing have signz of a blight or some other disease and are dropping their leaves. I have taken a sample to our Michigan State Extension office for their recommendation. A friend of mine said it was not a "fungus" but referred to it as a "scale" probably caused by insects. Geoff Clark's post of 7/15/08 caught my attention since he also used the word "scale". Do you have any suggestions?
Tom Mayan, EM: tomsr@mayanagency.com, Merrill, Michigan |
| Rose Witte | Aug 12, 2008 | I have a large wing type euonymus that we need to transplant. Any tips? It is 4' tall x 10' long x 3' wide. It has these rather large stems, 3 1/2 " in dia.. How hard is it to dig these up? will I need a back hoe? |
| Larry Hollingsworth | Aug 28, 2008 | I planted a dozen of these in Memphis in a very large bed that was under a large tree and was mostly shade and the soil was terrible. The soil ranged from dry to wet. They didn't seem to care but grew fine throughout. Those in the sun were a brighter yellow than those in the shade. They required virtually no maintenance. |
| Jen Snyder | Jan 12, 2009 | I was informed by the site address that this might lead me to answers on how to control scale on this plant . Horrible infestations have occured in mid-Missouri, as a result of growers sending them to us, what different scale looks like,I don't know the differance between the 3 types of scale that our 3 types of euyonomus. |
| Diana Fitzpatrick | Mar 18, 2009 | I moved into my new house a year ago and noticed a white coating on the stems of a very nice euonymus. The above comments tell me that it might be "scale". Will try to get more info on this. Thank you |
| Patricia from Va. | Jun 27, 2009 | I just purcashed three of these plants. They are just beautiful. I plan to put one of them in a pot and hope that it will do well. I will let you know what happens. Thanks for all the information I read on these plants. This is a great web site. Very informative. |
| david edelman | Oct 25, 2009 | Just bought eunonymous moonshadow-it has a distinct look- big question-- Is it deer proof?
I'm afraid I found E. fortunei on a list of plants "frequently damaged" by deer. I have no personal experience, though. |
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