Manhattan Spreading Euonymus                u-ON-i-mus ki-atch-OV-i-cus

• Broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub, 4-6(8) ft [1-2(2.5) m] high and 5 ft (1.5 m) wide, dense, upright branches.  Leaves simple, opposite, broad-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, somewhat leathery, about 6.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, margin serrated, glossy dark green.  Flowers (mid-summer) greenish-white, 4-parted, 8 mm wide, in loose, erect clusters, attract bees and flies.   Fruit fleshy capsule, pink (fall).
• Sun to light shade.  Used as a informal hedge, screens, or in mass plantings. conditions.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (5) 6             Species native to Japan.    E. k. ‘Manhattan’ is supposedly hardier than E. japonica, but in Corvallis it drops more leaves in winter and the remaining leaves are yellow-green.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east side of hedge along the east side of the Radiation Center parking lot on Jefferson Ave.