Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus ‘Compacta’ (Burning Bush) is a dense, low-maintenance shrub prized for its spectacular fall color. Its rich green summer foliage transforms into a brilliant, fiery red in autumn, making it a standout focal point in any landscape. Naturally compact and easy to shape, it’s ideal for hedges, screening, foundation plantings, and mass plantings, thriving in full sun to partial shade with minimal care.

• Deciduous shrub
• Low Maintenance
• Drought tolerant once established
• Hedges, screening, foundation plant, mass planting, specimen shrub
• Dense, compact, rounded
  
• Green in Summer, brilliant red in Fall
• Deer resistant
• Cold hardy

Height: 6-8 Feet
Spread: 8-10 Feet
Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Euonymus alatus 'Compacta' (Burning Bush) Characteristics

• Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
• Season of Interest: Fall
  
• Soil Moisture: Average Water, well draining
• Attributes: Dense, compact, rounded
• Foliage Color: Green in Summer, brilliant red in Fall
• Care: After planting, water regularly until roots are established. Prune in late Winter or early Spring if reshaping is needed. A light, balanced fertilizer can be used in Spring. If left overgrown and reshaping is needed, you could cut back one third to half of its size and is best done in late Winter before new growth starts. This encourages denser branching and a more compact shape. (Hard prune may reduce Fall color that year, but the shrub will bounce back to its normal fire red the following year).