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Plant description:

This medium-sized, slow-growing shrub is ideal for cool, shady places. An excellent, hardy foliage plant with large green leaves that are speckled with yellow.  The plants are of different sexes: female plants will produce red berries if a male plant with pollen is available.

Family: Cornaceae

Botanical Pronunciation: aw-KEW-buh juh-PON-ih-kuh.

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Botanical name

Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'

Plant Care

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Common name(s)

Japanese laurel

Origin

Foliage

This foliage shrub forms large green leaves that are speckled with yellow.

Uses in landscape design

Use this specimen as a foliage plant ideal for cool, shady places. Also makes a good container plant for the shady patio.

Planting instructions

Planting: Prefers fertile soil with lots of organic material. Dig a hole 60cm square and deep. Mix two thirds of the topsoil with one third acid compost in the bottom of the hole, add one cup of bone meal or superphosphate and mix well.
Watering and feeding: Water and feed regularly by mulching plants with compost and kraal manure.

Interesting info

The plants are of different sexes.

Other languages

 Japannese lourier (A)

Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’ flower

This foliage shrub forms large green leaves that are speckled with yellow.
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