Aucuba Japonica ‘Crotonifolia’

• Common Name: Japanese Spotted Laurel / Spotted Laurel ‘Crotonifolia’
• Pot Size: 2L / 3L / 5L
• Eventual Height: Grows up to 250cm
• Eventual Spread: Grows up to 250cm
• Foliage Colour: Green / Yellow
• Flower Colour:  Purple
• Flowering Period: Spring
• Position: Partial Shade / Full Shade
• Maintenance Level: Easy
• Plants To Your Door Tip: This plant can be grown as a ‘windbreaker’ as it can tolerate strong wind.

Aucuba Japonica ‘Crotonifolia’, unlike other varieties of Aucuba, will grow in the shade although sunshine will allow its leaves to produce the best speckled colours. This tough, low maintenance plant produces purple flowers in the Spring which are followed by red fruits in the summer and autumn months. A recipient of the Award of Garden Merit by the RHS, the Spotted Laurel can be shaped in Spring to remain a shrub or pruned from mid Spring to late summer to form a garden hedge. Aucuba Japonica ‘Crotonifolia’ is toxic to cats, dogs, people and horses when eaten.