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European spindle is native to much of Europe and western Asia, but can also be found as an introduced invasive weed in eastern North America and New Zealand. It is seemingly well-behaved in coastal southern British Columbia, though Brent Hine will perhaps comment on whether he discovers any errant seedlings from this small tree.
The garden has an interpretative sign associated with this plant. More details are available from the Plants for a Future database.
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Hello Daniel. Yes! I see a few seedlings of this Euonymus around the parent. They grow fairly rapidly but are easily removed. Left alone, there would be a thicket of them in ten years.
What about outside of watered gardens? Lots of garden plants reseed here where watered, but are seldom able to make a serious jump into uncultivated sites. Eastern North America has same hot, wet summer climate as wild habitat of many of east Asian garden favorites that have become pests on this continent.
Euonymus europaeus - Z3 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Euonymus europaeus - Z4-7 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk
Well isn't that what we call fusain in France and could be translated by "charcoal tree" because it is its wood that is used to produce charcoal ? I found the latin name : Evonymus europaeus (with an "v" ?)