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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' is a popular, small, bushy evergreen shrub bearing rounded, lustrous green leaves with a white margin, tinged pink in winter. In May and June it bears clusters of insignificant, green flowers.
It makes excellent groundcover and also makes a good foil for more ornamental flowering shrubs. It can climb if planted against a wall and given support.
Grow Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' in moist but well-drained border in sun or partial shade. Cut back growth by one-third in the first spring after planting to encourage a bushy habit, and remove any plain green reverted stems whenever seen.
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Euonymus ‘Emerald gaiety’ and wildlife
Euonymus ‘Emerald gaiety’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
