Aucuba japonica | | Shrub
Aucuba japonica belongs to the plant family AUCUBACE and Genus Aucuba This Shrub prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Aucuba japonica does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Aucuba japonica so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Aucuba japonica is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Aucuba japonica | is an evergreen specimen which means it keeps it leaves throughout the year.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Aucuba japonica can survive cold winter nights that go as low as 0 Fahrenheit. This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It needs soil that is dry.
Aucuba japonica will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Aucuba japonica is a woody perennial. This plant is evergreen.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 10' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.