Japanese Spindle Tree

Also known as Japanese Spindle, Japanese Euonymus, Evergreen Euonymus

Japanese spindle tree thrives as a salt-tolerant evergreen shrub or small tree along rocky seashores, maritime thickets, and coastal forests in its native East Asian range. Dense clusters of tiny, pale greenish flowers bloom in early summer, eventually yielding spherical pinkish fruit capsules that split open in autumn to reveal bright orange, fleshy arils. Widely planted for privacy hedges and ornamental landscaping around the globe, it readily withstands heavy pruning, coastal gale winds, and urban pollution.