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Tree Project.
Euonymus Europaeus – Spindle Tree.
Euonymous are a large family of plants well known to the average
Gardener as they are one of the more popular shrubs to be found in many
gardens. Their leaves are often variegated and evergreen, and plants are
sometimes used to make hedges, but many people aren’t familiar with one
particular specimen called a “Spindle Tree,” or Euonymus Europaeus. As
its name suggests, this small tree is native to Europe, but it can be
found in many other countries as well as it has been spread by gardeners
and naturalised. This colourful little, deciduous tree rarely grows much
more than 3 metres and has been well known for its wood for centuries.
Wood-turners have long made “Spindles,” for chair backs and balustrades
out of it, (Hence its common name) as well as Knitting Needles and it is
also used for carving.
Euonymus Europaeus has much to offer a small back garden with its
colourful Flowers, or to be more correct, Bracts, that are followed by
very pretty clusters of pink Berries that wildlife life love, but which
are poisonous to us. In the Autumn its small leaves turn a vivid red
colour giving the tree added interest.
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