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Running strawberry bush

Euonymus obovatus

Also called Running Euonymus

Running strawberry bush
Photo: The original uploader was Halpaugh at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0

Running strawberry bush is a low, trailing woodland groundcover native to eastern North America, valued for its spreading habit and ability to fill shady areas. It grows best in cool, moist, humus-rich soil in shade.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the first year, and water in dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, humus-rich woodland soil with leaf mould or compost.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; suited to USDA zones 4 to 8; protect young plants from severe winter sun and drying winds.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Ontario to NC. & NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Euonymus obovatus, the running strawberry bush, is a trailing, woodland groundcover plant of the family Celastraceae, which is native to North America in the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.

Other Euonymus plants

Euonymus acanthocarpus · Euonymus aculeatus · Euonymus acuminifolius · Burningbush · Bursting-heart · Euonymus angulatus · Burningbush · Fleshy Flowered Spindle Tree · Euonymus castaneifolius · Euonymus cochinchinensis · Euonymus cornutus · Euonymus dichotomus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euonymus obovatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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