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PRONOUNCED: AWK-yoo-bah juh-PON-ih-kuh |
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COMMON:
Japanese aucuba, Japanese laurel.
SIZE:
6 ft. - 10 ft. x 5 ft. - 8 ft.
TYPE:
Evergreen shrub
PRUNING:
Seldom necessary and should be avoided as fruit and
flowering will be effected. If growth restriction
is desired, cut old shoots back hard in the
spring.
USE:
In the shrubbery, or as a backdrop in a large
perennial bed. Not suitable as a foundation or
specimen plant because of its size.
SOIL:
Demands a well-drained, moist, average soil. Will
tolerate a clay soil.
COMMENTS:
Borderline hardy Zone 6 or colder - a broadleaf
shrub evergreen in Zones 7 - 10. It is densely
upright-rounded to rounded, forming a thicket of
arching branches, tidy and neat in appearance. The
leaves are a lustrous dark green above and lighter
below, and the flowers are purple, male in upright
terminal clusters. Female flowers are axillary.
Dioecious (both male and female plants required for
fruit production). Differences in cultivars include
smaller leaf size, elongated leaves, and variegated
foliage: |
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