Euonymus grandiflorus

Euonymus grandiflorus is in the bittersweet or Celastraceae family and is an evergreen to deciduous shrub native to India, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Vietnam and China. It grows to about 6 m tall.

• Leaves are in opposite pairs, oblong-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5–12 cm long, pointed tip, with finely serrated margins; fall colour is wine-purple.
• Flower has 4-petals, pale yellow to beige, in cymes (3-9 flowers per cyme), blooming in spring (March to May). They are followed by showy pendulous pink fruit (loculicidal capsules) with red arils and black seeds, ripening in the fall.