21+ Variegated Euonymus Ground Cover
Up to 2 to 3 feet high as mounded shrubs.
Variegated euonymus ground cover. Used as a mounding shrub creeping ground cover or climbing vine. This is the most common and most serious pest found on euonymus. Spreads rapidly by creeping stems which form roots where they come into contact with the soil. Wintercreeper is a fast growing versatile ground cover shrub or vine. Go to list of cultivars. It offers dark green leaves and greenish white flowers. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
Flowers are at best sparse but are usually not present. Extremely hardy euonymus fortunei coloratus purple wintercreeper is an evergreen trailing vine that quickly forms a dense weed smothering ground cover. Evergreen and only 6 inches 15 cm high it can climb to 70 feet 21 m with the appropriate structure. It features shiny ovate to elliptic dark green leaves up to 2 in. Euonymus fortunei gracilis variegated wintercreeper. Variegated wintercreeper is a multi stemmed evergreen shrub with a ground hugging habit of growth. A semi evergreen it grows in zones 3 to 9.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep and can be pruned at anytime. Many different cultivars are available. A low growing euonymus frequently used as a ground cover to add color to a landscape bed. Long 5 cm which turn reddish purple in fall and winter. In contrast with vinca and pachysandra phlox subulata is a ground cover for full sun. This variegated form reverts to the soild green form from time to time and the green portion should be pruned out. One of the most popular varieties of euonymous is wintercreeper euonymus fortunei.
It prefers its soil to be kept evenly moist but tolerates dry soil. 6 to 12 inches high as a ground cover. Size plant sku size 03 12 15 spd please login for ordering. This plant has some cultivated varieties. The protective armor covering of an adult female euonymus scale is dark oyster shaped and about 1 16 inch in length. For different euonymus plants that are good for ground cover consider winter creeper euonymus euonymus fortunei. Broadleaf evergreen shrub or ground cover.
Showy green and white foliage. Trailing or climbing habit. If you re looking for an easy to grow shrub that can provide coverage euonymus plant might be just what you re looking for. It features lustrous ovate to elliptic green leaves 1 2 long variegated with white. Adult males are very small winged insects that leave their narrow white armored covering for mating. The green and golden leaved varieties provide a classic but colorful look for the garden. Its leaves are needle like but it s valued much more for its flowers which form a thick mat of color.
Inconspicuous greenish white flowers may appear in june. Variegatus is a variegated intermediate form which is most often grown as a sprawling bushy indefinitely spreading ground cover 6 12 tall.