Scientific name: Euonymus fortunei var. radicans

Common name:  winter creeper

Family name: Celastraceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.3m tall and wide

Form: mounded. Rounded.

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: white capsule; with orange seeds. Cyme; no showy

Limitations: Powdery mildew.

Suitable uses: accent plant, ground cover

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Climber. Simple. Opposite. Serrate. Elliptic. White fruit with orange seeds. Leaf shape changes if starts to climb (from lanceolate to rounded; when climbing it becomes mature and reproduces). Variegated styles keep variegation with leaf change.

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantImages/1439?image=h

https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/plantImages/1439?image=h