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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Provides winter interest
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Japanese Aucuba
  • Japanese Aokiba
  • Spotted Laurel
  • Japanese Laurel
  • Aokiba

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Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-01-01
Suruga Benten
Location: Southern Pines, North Carolina (downtown park)
Date: December 30, 2023
Gold dust plant #249 nn; LHB page 757, 154-2-1, "Latinized name o
Location: Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Province, Galicia, Spain
Date: 2023-06-07
One of the variegated cultivars.
Location: Troy, AL, Troy University
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: Wayneboro MS
Date: 2005-03-27
Location: Japan
Date: May 10, 2008
photo of female flowers by Qwert1234 via Wikimedia Commons: https
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: July 17, 2022
Aucuba #72 nn;  LHB page 757, 154-2-1; "Latinized from it's Japan
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Fairfax, VA | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-20
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: July 17, 2022
Aucuba #72 nn;  LHB page 757, 154-2-1; "Latinized from it's Japan
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