A trailing evergreen shrub that grows happily in sun or shade and on any soil, particularly thriving on chalk and even beside the sea. Such a versatile plant as it can assume many forms; as a ground cover dome shaped shrub; edging for beds and containers such as window boxes; or grown and trimmed as a hedge but also if given support it will grow up to 20 feet high with an indefinite spread. It is similar to English Ivy in that it only starts to flower and fruit once it reaches a certain height and maturity when it changes character and becomes upright and bushy. Gold and green variegation that tinges red when the temperatures start to fall in late autumn. Originated in the USA in the 1960’s, a descendent of Euonymus radicans which was discovered by Robert Fortune in Japan during the 19th century.