Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'
spotted laurel
7.5 litre pot
in stock
- Large, lustrous, ivory-speckled, dark green leaves and small clusters of red-purple flowers in April and May. This yellow-spotted laurel is perfect for illuminating partly shady areas of the garden. Coping well with urban-pollution and salt-laden air it makes a beautiful, bright, evergreen hedge for an urban or coastal site.
- Position: full sun to full shade
- Soil: any garden soil (except waterlogged soils)
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: April and May
- Flower colour: red-purple
- Other features: female plant; the flowers are followed by bright red berries as long as a male variety is planted closeby
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Garden care: To promote bushy growth cut back in spring. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant after pruning
- Goes well with: Helleborus argutifolius, Iris foetidissima var. citrina, Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Asplenium scolopendrium 'Crispum', Galanthus nivalis, Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
