Burning bush plants are known for red fall foliage, but the seeds invade natural areas. Grow a sterile cultivar or a native shrub instead.
HARTFORD, Conn. – The burning bush shrub, whose blazing autumn hues illuminate many eastern U.S. landscapes, may soon be getting a makeover to curb its voracious appetite for other plants' land, ...
Is it wrong to be nostalgic about an invasive plant? I’ve been feeling that way lately, a guilty, embarrassing joy at the massive stands of electric magenta-red Euonymous alata that punctuate lot ...
Very little in nature is purely black or white or strictly good or bad. The current heightened interest in native plants is a great example of this phenomenon as most gardeners currently seek out ...
A vivid color pops in autumn from many Midwestern gardens: the scarlet of burning bush (Euonymus alatus). “It’s a particularly showy red,” said Michelle Beloskur, coordinator of the Midwest Invasive ...
Question: I have two gorgeous, big burning bushes in my yard that are really, really in need of trimming. I don’t want to trim before they put on their autumn show, but I need to know when is the best ...
Few landscape shrubs are as well known as the “burning bush” (Euonymus alatus or “winged euonymus”), a woody shrub known for its spectacular red fall color. The term “winged” Euonymus refers to the ...
This is why some say burning bush should be eliminated as an invasive plant... notice all of the burning-bush seedlings that have sprouted from dropped seeds. Q: Could you tell me when is the best ...
It’s almost impossible to live in Pennsylvania and not notice the changing fall colors. And that doesn’t just go for trees, either. As we head into peak leaf-peeping time for 2021, take a moment to ...
Burning bush shrubs may appear pretty in the fall, when their leaves turn a blazing bright red. But they also are pretty invasive, and this year they earned a spot on Pennsylvania’s list of noxious ...
The weather has finally cooled off, but in the middle of this past week spring violets were blooming in the front yard. And not far away from them a big burning bush (Euonymus alatus), a shrub ...