Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)

Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)

Euonymus fortunei, commonly known as Wintercreeper, is a versatile and hardy evergreen shrub valued for its ability to provide year-round colour, ground cover, and vertical interest in the garden. It is widely used for low hedging, ground cover, and climbing support due to its adaptability, dense growth, and resilience. It works well as a blight and caterpillar free alternative to Boxwood. 

○ Family of Trees: Celastraceae

○ Habit: Suitable for Hedging and Ground Cover

○ Growth Rate: 30 to 60 cm/year

○ Optimal Temperature: 10-25°C, hardy to -25°C

○ Harmful if Eaten?: Toxic Berries and Leaves

○ Flowers or Berries: Small Greenish Flowers, Pink Capsules with Orange Seeds

○ Hardiness: H6 (Very Hardy) ○

Hardiness ratings


All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

  • ○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
  • ○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
  • ○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
  • ○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
  • ○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
  • ○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
  • ○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
  • ○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
  • ○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

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