Aucuba japonica

Common name: spotted laurel

Family name: Garryaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Mr. Goldstrike’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7 to 9

Mature height and spread:  6-10ft; 5-9ft

Form: evergreen shrub

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist and well-drained soils; part shade to full shade

Leaf arrangement: leathery, glossy, elliptic to narrow-ovate; half of the margin are teethed

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): tiny purple flowers, white anther; fruit are berry-like drupes, red

Limitations: shade tolerant, air pollution tolerant

Suitable uses:  hedge, screen, indoor houseplant

Quick ID description:  leathery, glossy, berry-like fruit

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