Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Trees and shrubs 

Japanese euonymus

Euonymus japonicus

Appearance

Evergreen bushy shrub up to 1.5 m tall, with rather elongate ovate leaves with a green core and cream-yellow edge; leaves finely denticulate. Flowers in summer in clusters; yellow, five-petaled and slightly waxy with protruding stamens. Red berries in autumn early winter. 

Habitat

Underneath the cut-leaf beech and at the entrance to the house.


Months in flower