Variegated Japanese Euonymus                   u-ON-i-mus ja-PON-i-kus

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) high.  Leaves opposite, simple, obovate to narrowly oval, 2.5-7.5 cm long, leathery, tapered at base, serrated except at base.  Greenish white flowers in early summer, 8 mm wide.  Pinkish-red fruit in late summer or early fall.
• Variegated types may revert back to green leaved-forms, especially under excessive fertility.  Major variegated cultivars include:
• ‘Albomarginatus’ - leaves with slight margin of white.
• ‘Aureo-marginata’ (‘Aureomarginatus’) - yellow margins, dense, upright growth, 4-5 ft high.
• ‘Aureus’ (possibly synonymous with ‘Aureo-variegata’, ‘Aureovariegatus’, and others) - leaves have green margins with bright yellow center blotches, may grow to 5-10 ft high and 3-6 ft wide.
• ‘Chollipo’ - leaves have cream colored edging with dark green center.
• ‘Silver King’ - leaves have cream-white margins.
• Silver Princess^TM (‘Moness’) - dark green leaves with well defined white margins.
• ‘Silver Queen’ - green leaves with cream-white margins.  (Be aware there is also a cultivar of Euonymus fortunei named ‘Silver Queen’.)
• Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7
• Oregon State Univ. campus: variegated type (‘Silver Queen') along northern end of parking lot west of Cordley.