Scientific Name:	Aucuba japonica
Pronunciation:	aw-KEW-buh juh-PON-ih-kuh
Common Name:	Japanese aucuba, Japanese laurel
Family Name:	Cornaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:	Large, round, evergreen shrub; leaves large, opposite, glossy, and common cultivars green with 'splatter-paint' yellow specks: lenticels prominent.
Course(s):	AARB 1012, Level 2 Apprenticeship

Habit: Dense, Stiffly upright Form: Round Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: (Japan) Hardiness Rating: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Specimen plant, Winter interest Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown may include A.‘Variegata’ and A. ‘Crotonifolia’.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Pinnate venation Surfaces: Glabrous, Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow Colour in Fall: Green, Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acuminate Bases: Obtuse Margins: Dentate

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Colour (petals): Not showy, Dark-red Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Drupe Fruit Colour: Red Fruiting Time: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May Additional Info: Showy, poisonous

Bark Morphology: Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Green

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings, Softwood cuttings, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant, Root rot, Mold
Specific Pests:	Sooty mold may follow aphid infestation.

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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