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Revitalize your garden with the Euonymus phellomanus (Cork Spindle Tree). As a robust deciduous shrub, it enriches your landscape with vigorous growth reaching heights of 6 to 10 ft and a width of 8 ft. Its square shaped young shoots are unique, bearing four distinct corky wings, making it a natural accent of attraction. The dullish green leaves, slender-pointed and finely toothed, add elegance with their intense venation. Featuring an elegant array of blooms with purple anthers flourishing in cymes, this shrub subtly enlivens any garden in the spring. Late summer brings a burst of rich rosy red fruits that split to reveal bright orange seeds. Its dense horizontal branching allows a brilliant display of vibrant magenta fruit that is truly breathtaking. An easy to maintain shrub, the Cork Spindle Tree thrives in full sun or part shade and in average soil. Renowned for its autumn color, this suburb small ornamental tree of Chinese origin beautifully transforms your garden or lawn, bringing a unique character and lively spirit to your green spaces.