I have this small tree/shrub growing on the hill behind my home along the woodline (6b, central Pa) and wondered if it was a burning bush or maybe a relative? I couldn't seem to find any winged stems, and the base seems more small tree like than what you see with burning bushes. Ive spent ten years as a landscaper getting quite familiar with burning bushes, and this shrub gave me enough pause to avoid tearing it out.
No idea how to edit my flair to get my zone/area to show up, so if I get a smack on the wrist then so be it. Thanks for the help!
by SoggyPuffs
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E. ATROPURPUREUS!!! WAHOO! YAY!!!! im jealous lol
My vote is for Eastern wahoo! The leaves with Eastern wahoo turn more burgundy than the brighter colored red of non-native burning bush. You can also see the leaves have a fairly long petiole, but non-native burning bush does not have. The petioles on non-native burning bushes are so short they are almost sessile.
Side note but i vote everytime we refer to Wahoo! we have to include an excalamtion point
Lucky you!! I thought about looking into these but I’m in the east side if the state and they are not exactly native here. I have other options though.
Btw…..I can’t ever get the region to work either when I post something. 🤷🏻♂️
I need this plant named “wahoo”!
It’s likely E. atropurpureus but there is a similar looking invasive E. Europaeus that is also present as a minor invasive in the mid Atlantic. [The flower color will be a dead give away.](https://nwwildflowers.com/compare/?t=Euonymus+atropurpureus,+Euonymus+europaeus)
This looks like Wahoo. One way to identify the invasive burning bush is it will have flat, wide wings on the stems. This does not appear to have those.
Burning bush doesn’t have fruits like that. It has more normal looking berries. Wahooooo!