Euonymus atropurpurea Eastern Wahoo Seed & Plant
(yoo-ON-ih-mus  at-ro-pur-PURR-ee-uh)
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Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo potted plants are available, $7 each plus shipping.  Please contact us with your address & number of plants for correct shipping costs

Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo is a native shrub suitable for landscaping with beautiful scarlet fruit in autumn.  Eastern Wahoo normally grows as a shrub 5 to 10 feet tall but occasionally grows as a small tree.  Wahoo fruits are eaten by several species of birds including wild turkey.  Euonymus atropurpurea, Wahoo has been used medicinally both in the US and in Europe.  Seeds should be planted in the fall/early winter or given several weeks stratification.  Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo seeds need alternating times of warm, cool, warm stratification for germination.

Euonymus - comes from the Greek eu-, (good) and onoma, (name), 
atropurpurea - very purple.

Native Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo is a showy shrub occurring naturally in low meadows, open slopes, open woods, stream banks, and prairies from Alabama to east Texas, north to New York, and west to Ontario, Montana, Nebraska and Oklahoma.  Staff-tree family (Celastraccae)

Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo seed do best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. Stored seed requires 8 - 12 weeks warm followed by 8 - 16 weeks cold stratification

Wahoo grows in an open tree form 5 to 20 feet tall and turns a brilliant warm fuchsia pink in fall.  The shiny red seeds are born in bright fuchsia pink capsules that dangle from the branches well into winter. The stems remain green until they are several years old. Wahoo's charm is not in the flowers or foliage but the striking hanging fruits, it makes an excellent understory tree or a large multi-stem shrub.  These native trees will add interesting texture and form to your landscape year round, but in fall they will be the envy of the neighborhood.

The map below shows areas where native Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo grows wild, it is hardy over a much wider area if planted.  Plant in USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9.

Use the chart below for shipping charges on Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo flower seeds, to order copy the order form or email questions, comments & orders to john@easywildflowers.com 
Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo potted plants are available.
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The minimum seed order amount is $10, this can be a combination of different seeds.
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Euonymus atropurpurea, Eastern Wahoo plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.