Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’

Source: OSU Department of Horticulture

Botanical Name: Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’
Common Name: Burning Bush; Winged Euonymus
Family: Celastraceae
Type of Plant: Deciduous shrub
Habit: Dense, rounded form, formal "aristocratic" look, flat-topped.
Growth Rate: Slow
10-Year Height: < 6'
Mature Height: 8' - 10'
Leaves: Opposite to sub-opposite, elliptic to obovate, acute, finely serrate, acuminate. Bright red fall color.
Flowers: Perfect, yellow-green, 3-flowered cyme, each flower 4-petaled. April-May.
Fruit: Reddish-purple, ovoid, fruits borne under foliage.
Buds/New Growth: Imbricate, green-red-brown, 6 to 8 pairs of bud scales, conical, ovoid, acute, glabrous, strongly divergent, actually bringing the continuous wing.
Stem/Bark: Stem green to brown with 2- to 4-armed, prominent corky ridges. Generally the more vigorous shoots have the biggest wings.
Culture: Sun to part shade
Pruning: 
Pests/Diseases: 
Landscape Uses: Mixed shrub border, summer hedge, focal point (especially in fall)
Additional Information: alatus: winged, the shoots.