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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' – Supplied in a 1-Litre Pot
Plant Highlights: Evergreen variegated foliage • Neat, compact habit • Excellent for hedging or ground cover • Suitable for containers • Reliable year-round colour
Overview
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' is a versatile evergreen shrub valued for its neat, compact growth and attractive green leaves edged with crisp white. During the colder months, the foliage often develops soft pink tinges, adding extra seasonal interest to the garden.
Its naturally dense habit makes it an excellent choice for low hedging, border edging and foundation planting, while it also performs well in patio containers. Given support, it can be trained to grow against walls or fences using its clinging stems, offering even greater versatility in smaller gardens.
Plant Details
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' |
| Common Name | Wintercreeper 'Emerald Gaiety' |
| Plant Type | Evergreen shrub |
| Foliage | Green leaves with white margins, often flushed pink in winter |
| Position | Full sun or partial shade |
| Soil | Moist but well-drained soil |
| Growth Habit | Dense, bushy and spreading; can also climb with support |
| Best Uses | Low hedging, borders, containers, ground cover and wall training |
| Mature Height | Approximately 0.5–1m |
| Mature Spread | Approximately 1–1.5m |
| Hardiness | RHS H5 (−15°C to −10°C). |
Growing Guide
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. It is adaptable to a wide range of garden soils once established and benefits from watering during prolonged dry spells in its first growing season and when grown in containers.
Trim lightly in late spring or summer to maintain a neat shape or encourage denser growth. Any plain green shoots that occasionally appear should be removed promptly to preserve the attractive variegation.
Why We Love It
Few evergreen shrubs are as adaptable as 'Emerald Gaiety'. It provides reliable year-round structure and colour, works equally well in formal or informal planting, and its bright variegated foliage helps lift darker corners of the garden throughout the seasons.
Product Information
- Supplied in a 1-litre pot.
- Evergreen shrub with distinctive green and white variegated foliage.
- Compact habit suitable for hedging, borders and containers.
- Foliage often develops attractive pink winter colouring.
- Can also be trained against walls or fences with support.
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Full sun· Partial shade
- Watering
- moderate
- Soil & drainage
- Well drained· Moist
- Mature size
- 1.0m high· 1.5m wide
- Foliage
- evergreen
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