species
Aucuba japonica
Spotted laurel
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Aucuba japonica belongs to the family Garryaceae, also known as Spotted laurel, introduced to the UK. It reaches 2.5 m tall and 2.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam, clay or chalk soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from March to April and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 2.5 m tall × 2.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Chalk
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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