Euonymus atropurpureus seed
LATIN NAME: EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS
COMMON NAME: Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush, Hearts Bursting with Love
The eastern wahoo is a striking shrub of the North American woodland, and its autumn fruit has earned it the affectionate name of Hearts Bursting with Love. It grows as an upright, deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching up to six metres, with slender, sometimes four-angled stems, opposite, elliptical, finely toothed leaves that turn bright red in autumn, and small, dark-purple flowers in early summer, followed by smooth, pinkish-red, four-lobed capsules that split open in autumn to reveal seeds wrapped in a fleshy, scarlet aril. It belongs to the staff-tree family and is native to the woodlands and stream banks of eastern North America, where it is a quiet but colourful presence, and it is known as the eastern wahoo, prized for its remarkable fruit.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The eastern wahoo has a genuine and growing place in both botanical and horticultural research. It has been studied in botany and ecology, since it is a native of the woodlands of eastern North America, and researchers have examined its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest, while the ecology of the woodland shrubs has been of continuing interest. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry of natural products, since the parts of the wahoo contain a range of compounds found in the staff-tree family, and researchers have examined these constituents with care, while the chemistry of the genus has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine wild shrub rather than a casual remedy, as the parts of the wahoo are best left alone. The species has also been studied in horticulture, since its remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of scarlet seeds have made it a valued shrub of the wild garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its fruiting. For a shrub of such fine fruit, the eastern wahoo has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
To grow the Eastern Wahoo from seed, ecologically, the eastern wahoo is a generous shrub of the garden. Its small, dark-purple flowers feed the bees and the insects, and its pinkish-red capsules of scarlet seeds feed the birds and the wildlife, while its fine, leafy crown gives cover and shelter to the birds of the woodland garden. Its economic value is real: the eastern wahoo is prized for its remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of scarlet seeds, and its beauty has drawn attention in the international botanical and horticultural press as a shrub of the wild garden, while its fine, scarlet-seeded, striking form has made it a valued shrub of the wild garden and the autumn border. To bring the eastern wahoo on, let the seeds rest in damp compost through the cold season, then sow them in pots of free-draining compost in spring and keep them gently watered.
let the seeds rest in damp compost through the cold season, then sow the young wahoos in pots of free-draining compost in spring and keep them gently watered.
LATIN NAME: Euonymus atropurpureus
COMMON NAME: Eastern Wahoo
The eastern wahoo is a handsome, upright, deciduous shrub or small tree of the woodlands, and its fine, oval, toothed leaves and its small, inconspicuous, purple flowers, followed by the remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of the scarlet seeds, have made it a valued and striking shrub of the wild and the garden. It grows as an upright, deciduous shrub or a small tree, reaching up to six metres or more, with the upright, branching stems bearing the opposite, oval, pointed, finely toothed leaves and, through the summer, the small, inconspicuous, dark-purple flowers in the small clusters, followed by the remarkable, four-lobed, warty, pinkish-red capsules, each holding the few scarlet-orange seeds. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the staff-tree family, and it is native to the woodlands of the eastern North America, while it is grown as a fine shrub of the wild garden, and it is known as the eastern wahoo.
The eastern wahoo belongs to the staff-tree family, Celastraceae, and it is a species of the upright, deciduous shrub or the small tree, native to the woodlands of the eastern North America, while it is grown as a fine shrub of the wild garden, and it is known as the eastern wahoo. It is prized for its remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of the scarlet seeds.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The eastern wahoo has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the woodlands of the eastern North America, and researchers have examined its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest, while the ecology of the woodland shrubs has drawn attention in the international botanical press as a shrub of the wild garden. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products and the traditional use, since the parts of the wahoo have a history of use in the folk ways of the region, and researchers have examined the plant and its constituents, while the traditional uses of the plant have been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine wild shrub rather than a casual remedy, and the parts of the wahoo are best left alone. The species has also been studied in the horticulture, since its remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of the scarlet seeds have made it a valued and striking shrub of the garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its fruiting, while the growing of the wahoo in the wild garden has been of continuing interest, and its fine, scarlet-seeded capsules have been of value. For a shrub of such fine fruit, the eastern wahoo has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the eastern wahoo is a generous shrub of the garden. Its small, inconspicuous flowers feed the bees and the insects, and its remarkable, pinkish-red capsules of the scarlet seeds feed the birds and the wildlife, while its fine, leafy crown gives a fine cover and a shelter to the birds.
Its economic value is real. The eastern wahoo is prized for its remarkable, four-lobed, pinkish-red capsules of the scarlet seeds, and its beauty has drawn attention in the international botanical and horticultural press as a shrub of the wild garden, while its fine, scarlet-seeded, striking form has made it a valued shrub of the wild garden and the autumn border. For a grower, the eastern wahoo is an easy and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener it brings a scarlet-seeded, striking shrub to the wild garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a period of cold, damp storage in the fridge, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and theyll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a scarlet-seeded, four-lobed shrub.
Wahoo is a deciduous shrub growing to 8 m tall, with stems up to 10 cm diameter. The bark is gray, smooth, and lightly fissured. The twigs are dark purplish-brown, slender, sometimes four-angled or slightly winged. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, 8.5–11.3 cm long and 3.2–5.5 cm broad, abruptly long pointed at the tip, and with a finely serrated margin; they are green above, paler and often with fine hairs beneath, and turn bright red in the fall. The flowers are bisexual, 10–12 mm diameter, with four greenish sepals, four brown-purple petals and four stamens; they are produced in small axillary cymes. The fruit is a smooth reddish to pink four-lobed (sometimes one or more of the lobes abort) capsule, up to 17 mm diameter, each lobe containing a single seed, orange with a fleshy red aril. Because of the shape and color of the fruit, it has been called Hearts Bursting with Love.