Small tree - ideas what it is please?

[Pete L]

Just stayed at a large country house in Oxfordshire. In the garden was a tree/bush about 5 feet high. Leaves were green, narrow and pointed. What was striking was the fruit/seeds. On each branch just ahead of the leaves were thin stalks about 2-3 ins long. At the end of the stalks were heart shaped pinky red covers that opened out to reveal bright orange seeds, kidney shaped and about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long.

Anybody know what this is? I shall be planting these seeds to see if I can grow this in my garden....

[D. Staples]

Strawberry bush? Euonymus, if so.

[Nanzi]

I don't know either, but I say one along our walking path in our partially cleared woods. They are Bright Fuschia pods aren't they? and the seeds are definitely Neon orange!! Ours is a scraggly bush, but maybe with transplanting it could become an attractive shrub. I will be looking it up on Google today. Will let you know what I find. Nan

[Scott Hildenbrand]

Your luck of getting an ID on it without a picture seems slim. See if you can get a pic and post a link to it, or ask for an ID on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens with it attached as a post.

[Janet Baraclough]

The message from "D. Staples" contains these words:

No, fruits too small for strawberry bush. It's spindle tree.Euonymus europaeus, heres a pic

Janet

[Ann]

Nanzi expounded:

I wonder if this is a form of Euonymus? Eastern Burningbush, Euonymus astropurpurens.

[Ann]

Ann expounded:

Sorry to respond twice, but I misspelled the name. Does this look like the tree? Euonymus atropurpureus :

[Pete L]

Thanks everybody. The pic Janet sent is exactly what it is. Next move now is to plant these seeds and see what happens!