Euonymus japonica "White Spire": should I have separated them?

GravelEater

Recently bought these lovely upright plants.  When I got home, I took a better look and it seemed as if there were 4 individual plants in the one container. 

So, I took out a knife and cleaved the root ball in two.
I was tempted to quarter the lot, but thought I might have done something very bad, so just potted the two halves with multipurpose compost and slow release feed balls, in their own containers.

When I took some cuttings from a Euonymus fortunei, I plopped 3 sprigs into one container and had to cleave these up, they are utterly fine and unharmed.

Hopefully all I have done is got double the planting, albeit with less density.  Maybe it encourages each plant to spread out more, not being right next to a neighbour?

Lizzie27

Hello @GravelEater, seems fine to me but if the plants are going to stay long term in their pots, I would be inclined to use J.I. No. 3 compost as multipurpose compost isn't really gutsy enough for shrubs. They'll be okay for now in MPC for a couple of months.

Silver surfer

Euonymus japonicus White Spire.

I too got tempted by this...so clean and fresh looking.
https://www.rhsplants.co.uk/plants/_/euonymus-japonicus-white-spire-pbr/classid.2000026274/

But be ware it needs a sheltered spot..see above.

Looks good as a dwarf hedge.
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