With all the shrubs being in their full glory right now, I recently noticed that some are a little different. This shrub's structure seems to be more airy, the leaves much finer and more of a bright cherry red.
Burning Bush?
A close-up of the leaves
Compared to leaves from my considerably more coarse 'compacta' (on the right)
The second picture above has leaves on the same branch that vary in size as much as the two sets in your third picture. Can't go by one set of leaves.
That said: Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) has many named selections out in production and in landscapes. 'Compacta' (or 'Compactus') is certainly the most common around the eastern half of the United States. There will be differentiating traits, which can include leaf size, density, winginess of branches, intensity of fall color, ultimate height/width, etc.
Fall color can vary from year to year on the same plant, due to factors such as light intensity (shadedness), drought, fertilization, onset of frost/freeze, insect/disease damage, etc. The same selection/clone may perform differently on varying soil types.
It is hard to say whether I've seen one where the color isn't impressive, unless it was in full shade or severely stressed some way or another.
By the way: you are in the Central Time Zone, and I'm in the Eastern Time Zone. How is your posting time IN THE FUTURE?
OK - I figured out that I have to manually change my settings to Eastern Standard Time.
Now, all's well.
I'm glad all is well, you sure had me confused there for a minute.
Both types of these shrubs are all over town, though the more coarse type being most common. All growing in similar light conditions with at least a half day sun. The observations regarding color have been made considering the groups each as a whole rather than comparing single specimens. The twig / leaf examples shown above are neither the largest nor the smallest from either shrub. The largest leaf from the unknown is still considerably smaller than anything from the Compacta.
Another difference is the overall form, the coarse type being very round and dense, the other is more upright and sparse. My preference is for the latter.
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