Gold Dust Aucuba Hedge

To plant dig a hole no deeper than the root ball and two to three times the width of the root ball and fill it with water.

Gold dust aucuba hedge. It is also known as the gold dust plant in america. Variegated gold dust plant aucuba japonica variegata sku 0375. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants. Aucuba japonica is commonly referred to as japanese aucuba or gold dust tree.

If the hole drains within a few hours you have good drainage. Females may produces berries if a male pollenizer is planted nearby. In order to produce the red berries a male form is required for pollination and this was duly bought to the uk in 1861. The technical name for this shrub is aucuba japonica.

It is native to japan but is grown in gardens in europe and the u s. Adds great color to your landscape or home. Plants may be male or female. It is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that grows slowly.

Striking gold variegated shrub for shade gardens. Order your fresh gold dust aucuba online today for fast delivery to your doorstep. Aucuba gold dust plant japanese laurel variegated japanese aucuba aucuba japonica variegata welcome to the famous dave s garden website. Growing japanese aucuba plant cuttings the shrub grows 3 to 8 feet tall but takes years to achieve full maturity.

It grows in united states department of agriculture s usda hardiness zones 6 to 10. Nana is a dwarf form with a tight form and low habit. In victorian and edwardian times this was a very popular plant but has now become less favoured. Excellent background for contrasting foliage plants.

Aucuba japonica commonly called spotted laurel japanese laurel japanese aucuba or gold dust plant u s is a shrub 1 5 m 3 3 16 4 ft native to rich forest soils of moist valleys thickets by streams and near shaded moist rocks in china korea and japan. It prefers soils that are high in organic matter and evenly moist in partial to full shade but will tolerate poor soils and urban conditions like air pollution. Gold dust plant aucuba japonica vaiegata is an evergreen aucuba cultivar grown for its 3 to 8 inch green leaves which are splattered with attractive yellowish gold speckles. Aucuba japonica family garryaceae formerly cornaceae commonly called spotted laurel is a rounded dense upright somewhat rounded shade loving evergreen shrub with fantastically variegated leaves.

Beautiful bright green foliage is so heavily speckled with gold it projects an overall yellow green appearance. First bought to the uk in 1783 it only existed here as the female form. Sprinkled with golden fairy dust atop oblong shiny green leaves the gold dust aucuba is a real gem for the shade garden.