#euonymus

[blooming-lenses]

euonymus 2025/09/06

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 25 October 2025

More autumnal foliage colours from Euonymus alatus (winged spindle) with the addition of conspicuous corky wings to the branches. In summer there are small, greenish flowers followed by purplish-red fruits splitting to reveal orange seeds.

Jill Raggett

[toothwalker]

Euonymus fortunei (or possibly japonica), a variegated shrub

Surrey, UK, January 2025

[sweet-harmony]

..in the silence..of winter..life goes on..with a new rebirth…

@sweet-harmony

[druidinvirginia]

Japanese spindle

[japanese-plants]

Hamilton’s Spindle and Red Crossbill by Keinen Imao (1845-1924), included in Keinen Kacho Gafu (Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Keinen) published in 1891-2

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

[coffeenuts]