Orange Pink

Euonymus alatus (aka burning bush, winged euonymus, winged spindletree) is considered highly invasive in its range in the U.S. — from Maine to Georgia along the east coast and throughout the mid-west — and prohibited now from being sold in many states, but Euonymus europaeus (European spindletree), which has a somewhat smaller but similar U.S. range, is not nearly so invasive, though it is also a non-native, and it’s got gorgeous pink-orange fruit this time of year. (E. europaeus is apparently invasive in isolated pockets of New England, mainly in Massachusetts, and sparsely in the midwest.)

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There are a couple of bushes of E. europaeus growing along the road near Kezar Lake in Sutton, NH.  I’ve been noticing them for the past few years on my frequent walks there.

Yesterday:

pinkorangeEuonymusEuropaeusfruitsKezarLakeNH2Nov2017

mid-Oct. 2016:

orangepinkflowersEuonymusEuropaeusbKezarLake16Oct2016

late Oct. 2014:

EuonymusEuropaeuspinkorangeflowerscloseKezarLake27Oct2014

early Oct. 2014:

EuonymusEuropaeuspinkorangeflowersKezarLake5Oct2014

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The pink and orange combo reminds me of …

HarpageantEasyDoesItFloribundarosepinkorangeLongwoodGardens13Oct2017
‘Easy Does It’ floribunda rose, Oct. 2017, Longwood Gardens, PA
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zinnia, Aug. 2015, my yard
monarchbutterflyorangepinkdahliaLongwoodGardens13Oct2017
dahlia with monarch, Oct. 2017, Longwood Gardens, PA
camelliapinkorangestamenCGBGSavannah19Dec2015
pink camellia with orange stamen, Dec. 2015, Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Savannah, GA
redorangewhitemushroomandBlackEarthTonguesTrichoglossumHirsutumfungusGreatBrookTrail29Aug2015
red-orange mushroom (and Black Earth tongues), Aug. 2015, Great Brook Trail, NH
monarchbutterflyheadonwingspartlyoutpinkaster19Sept2016
monarch on asters, Sept. 2016, my yard
insideorangeredpoppybestBridgeofFlowersShelburneFallsMA8June2016
orange-red poppy, June 2016, Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, MA

And the sunset, like this one on Interstate 89 in New Hampshire, August 2013:

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And of course Dunkin Donuts.

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