Evergreen Spindle

Euonymus japonicus

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Botanical name
Euonymus japonicus
Also known as
Evergreen Euonymus, Evergreen Spindle, Japanese Spindle, Spindletree
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Euonymus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Evergreen Spindle

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Euonymus japonicus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Elaeodendron javanicum Euonymus carrierei Euonymus fortunei var. alticola Euonymus japonicus f. albomarginatus Euonymus japonicus f. argenteovariegatus Euonymus japonicus f. aureomarginatus Euonymus japonicus f. aureovariegatus Euonymus japonicus f. fastigiatus Euonymus japonicus f. macrophyllus Euonymus japonicus f. microphyllus Euonymus japonicus f. pyramidatus Euonymus japonicus f. rugosus Euonymus japonicus f. viridivariegatus Euonymus japonicus unranked albomarginatus Euonymus japonicus unranked aureovariegatus Euonymus japonicus unranked aureus-variegatus Euonymus japonicus unranked latifolius-albovariegatus Euonymus japonicus unranked tricolor Euonymus japonicus var. argenteovariegatus Euonymus japonicus var. aureomarginatus Euonymus japonicus var. aureovariegatus Euonymus japonicus var. fastigiatus Euonymus japonicus var. latifolius Euonymus japonicus var. litoralis Euonymus japonicus var. longifolius Euonymus japonicus var. macrophyllus Euonymus japonicus var. microphyllus Euonymus japonicus var. pyramidatus Euonymus japonicus var. radicifer Euonymus japonicus var. rugosus Euonymus japonicus var. subinteger Euonymus japonicus var. viridivariegatus Euonymus pulchellus Euonymus pulchellus unranked foliis-variegatis Euonymus sinensis Euonymus variegatus Euonymus yoshinagae Masakia japonica Masakia japonica var. latifolia Masakia yoshinagae Pragmotessara japonica

Others in Euonymus

Euonymus europaeus
Common Spindle
Euonymus lawsonii
Euonymus indicus
Euonymus acanthocarpus
Euonymus actinocarpus
Euonymus aculeolus
Euonymus americanus
Bursting-Heart
Euonymus latifolius subsp. cauconis

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