Garden Gold: Chollipo Euonymus

HGTV's website recommends using Chollipo Euonymus, Euonymus japonicus 'Chollipo', as a "fast growing screen." Monrovia Nursery calls it a "problem solving broadleaf shrub." Planted close together, you can quickly create a garden wall blocking out neighbors and traffic. Chollipo is also dramatic when used as a specimen and is planted in a container. It can be easily pruned for formal settings. However it is used in the landscape, this broadleaf evergreen will make a statement. From the Chollipo Arboretum in South Korea, Chollipo is zone hardy 6-9. Zone 5 gardeners can successfully grow Chollipo by situating it in a warm micro climate. A backdrop of a stone or brick wall on the south side of a building will usually do the trick in zone 5. Chollipo Eounymus will mature 12'x6'.

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