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| Source: OSU Department of Horticulture |
Common Name: Japanese Aucuba; Japanese Laurel
Family: Cornaceae
Type of Plant: Broadleaf evergreen shrub
Habit: Densely upright-rounded to rounded, forming a thicket of arching branches, tidy and neat in appearance
Growth Rate: Slow
10-Year Height: < 6
Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
Leaves: Opposite, simple, leathery, apex acute to acuminate, base broad wedge-shaped, margin entire to coarsely dentate toward the apex, lustrous dark green above and lighter below
Flowers: Dioecious (male and female plant). Purple, male in upright terminal clusters, female flowers axillary. June-July
Fruit: Red fruit
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Culture: Shade
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Landscape Uses: Hedge. Screen. Background. Tubs, planters and containers for patios and terraces. Window boxes.
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