Euonymus: This hardy genus is great for filling gaps and adding year-round colour to planting schemes, writes Kris Collins

摘要

The evergreen forms of Euonymus are tried-and-tested favourites with commercial landscapers. Available in large numbers at a reasonable cost, they are used in blocks, often on a massive scale. But a closer look at the genus also reveals a host of strikingly coloured, structural forms suitable for specimen plantings. E. phellomanus Award of Garden Merit (AGM), for example, has startling pink fruits in autumn, with contrasting orange seeds borne on striking, corky, winged stems. And E. myrianthus is arare evergreen form from western China, which unusually for the genus produces bright yellow fruit in autumn that contrasts with its dark green foliage.