Aucuba Crotonifolia
Spotted Laurel
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Common Name: Spotted Laurel
Latin Name: Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'
Soil: Any garden soil (except waterlogged soils)
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: April to May/insignificant, red-purple flowers
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Eventual height/spread: 3m x 3m
Special features: Leaves are large and splashed with pale yellow
This resilient evergreen shrub has become popular because it will thrive in inhospitable, shady areas of the garden where little else will grow. It copes well with dry shade, urban pollution and salt-laden air, and is easy to look after. The leaves are large and splashed with pale yellow, and it has insignificant, small clusters of red-purple flowers in April and May. It will light up a shady corner of the garden, or make an excellent dense hedge for an urban or coastal site.