#355 most planted
Euonymus japonicus
Japanese spindle · also Evergreen spindle, Evergreen euonymus, Spindle tree
Evergreen
3,142
trees mapped
0.03%
of all named trees
5
cities
1.6 in
median trunk (4 cm, 23 measured)
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Compact and lush, Euonymus japonicus makes for an attractive small evergreen shrub. Its leathery, glossy-green foliage forms tightly along its stems. It is easy to grow, tolerant of drought, salt spray, and most soils, but susceptible to mildew.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,7141.2%—2.9 in
- 4070.03%——
- 120.00%—1.6 in
- 70.01%—1.6 in
- 20.00%—5.5 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–10 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade, Full shade
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.6 in, mean 2.3 in, 90th percentile 5.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Euonymus in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
