Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace'

While walking down my sidewalk, I noticed a flash of pink from the hellstrip.  It was Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' that came from Steamboat Island Nursery a few years ago when they still did retail sales.  If you don't know the nursery, do check out their website.  While they no longer do retail sales on site, they have a wonderful schedule of sales at which they vend, some of which have been new to me.  It's always fun to find a new plant sale, right?

 

I've posted before here about  the Euonymus europaens  inside the fence which is now fading but had a much more purple/red  seed show and, perhaps because it gets more sun, an earlier fruiting.

 

Euonymus europaens 'Red Ace' is a riot of color right now in my fading garden.  According to Plant Lust, this is available at Cistus Nursery in Portland but I also saw it last year at Vassey Nursery in Puyallup. 



My eye for color may not be the best, but I'd definitely call this a pink and orange combination rather than scarlet/orange.  Perhaps this, too is due to this plant being in the shade.  I'll be cutting down the shade-causing tree this winter so time will tell. 

In any case, I love this plant which somehow looks cheerful and spring-like in October! 

 

In keeping with Random Friday, here's an unrelated picture of part of my garden this month. I uploaded it to be part of an earlier post but somehow it got here.  Have a great weekend everyone!