Euonymus "Little Moses"

[RichKid]

Got a great 'dwarf' burning bush...any thoughts or info would be helpful.

 

[nathanbs]

might want to see a Urologist

 

[JudyB]

too funny!
maybe we could see a picture? (of the plant of course!!!)
I've seen some nice trees made out of these, recently saw a large cascade on a blog somewhere.

 

[edprocoat]

I had a few of them. They do not take to root trimming too well, best to do a little each year for a few years. The first one I got was in a 3 gallon nursery container and rootbound. I just sawed off the bottom third of the mass and it died in a few weeks. They need a lot of water and light, but in the real heat of the Ohio summer they can dry out and get crispy quick. The fall color is superb. I don't remember any pest problems, I did find the branches a little stiff especially near a joint where you can snap them off easily. I had great looking plants until moving them into a Bonsai pot, its hard to keep them wet enough to survive the heat with a small root system, I even tried mixing some sphagnum moss into the soil to hold more water along with the little red pumice rocks and original potting soil I was using, they seem to suck water quick. If you had a watering system it would have to help, I don't think an inorganic mix would keep it moist enough otherwise. I had the dwarf burning bush.

ed

 

[RichKid]

Thanks for the info guys...and the jokes...so dont trim the roots huh?
Maybe I'll just keep it in regular potting soil. The tree is still in a nursery container...I have a pot i was planning on putting it in a pot i already have, but would def require some root reduction

 

[Ron Dennis]

There are several good threads on this forum. Go to Advanced Search and type in "Burning Bush" and you will find these. I am giving a link below that was helpful to me.

http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?6399-Euonymus-Burning-Bush&highlight=burning+bush

There appears to be different views of root pruning. Ang3lfir3 has found these to be pretty hardy.

Probably in late Feb or early March I plan to go for it on mine that has been in a very large concrete pot for almost 11 years. The soil is quite compacted and the root ball will be a challenge so we may have "another" view shortly. This photo was taken about 5 - 6 years ago.

 

[coh]

I've always been told that euonymus can take quite a bit of root work. I picked up a completely rootbound euonymus alatus 'compacta' in fall 2011. Cut off more than 1/2 of the roots this spring (and at least as much top), potted it up, and it took off like nothing had happened. I've also worked with euonymus europea without any issues. I did the root work just before the buds opened.

Chris