This shrub is to the east of the Moat Path, near the moat steps

Euonymus alatus known variously as winged euonymus, winged spindle, winged spindle-tree or burning bush is native to central and northern China, Japan and Korea.

A gift of George Woods who was a pupil at the school in 1937.

This shrub can reaches 2.5 m, often wider than it is tall. The stems are notable for their four cork like wings. The leaves are 2 to 7 cm long by 1 to 4 cm wide, ovate-elliptic with a pointed tip. The flowers are greenish and last for a long period. The fruit is red and consists of a pink capsule with four lobes.

It is called “burning bush” because of its bright autumn colour.

Euonymus alatus was first described by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796 – 1866) a German physician, botanist and traveller and published in 1830.

Euonymus : generic name derived from the Greek words eu = ‘good’, and onoma = ‘name’.

alatus : Latin epithet meaning “winged.”

A popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to its bright pink or orange fruit and attractive autumn colour. The cultivars ‘Compactus’ and ‘Fire Ball’ have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Metit’.