Common name: Spindle 'Emerald Gaiety'

Description: This versatile evergreen shrub features attractive green leaves with distinctive white margins that create bright year-round colour and interest. In winter, the foliage often develops pink tinges, adding seasonal variation. The compact, bushy habit makes it perfect for ground cover, containers, low hedges, or providing evergreen structure in mixed borders. 'Emerald Gaiety' is ideal for brightening shady corners, creating year-round interest, or providing contrast with darker foliage plants. The variegated leaves bring light to difficult areas whilst the plant can also be trained to climb if given support. This hardy, adaptable euonymus requires minimal maintenance and tolerates a wide range of conditions.

Other benefits: evergreen variegated foliage, year-round interest, shade tolerant, suitable for containers, very adaptable, can be trained as climber

Wildlife attraction: provides shelter for insects; berries attract birds if plant produces them

Height & spread (approx.) at maturity: 60cm x 90cm (or taller if trained to climb)

Position: full sun to full shade; very adaptable

Soil pH: adaptable to most soils

Moisture: moderate watering needs; adaptable once established

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to -20°C