Gold Dust Aucuba Leaf

Rozzanie red fruits sulphurea marginata large yellow margined leaves variegata shrub with green leaves maculate with golden yellow spots blotches. A beautiful variegated look up close and a lovely blend of yellow green from a distance both stand out in the landscape.

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Gold dust aucuba leaf

Under ideal conditions it can reach more than 15 feet tall. It is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that grows slowly. Gold dust plant aucuba japonica vaiegata is an evergreen aucuba cultivar grown for its 3 to 8 inch green leaves which are splattered with attractive yellowish gold speckles.

Sprinkled with golden fairy dust atop oblong shiny green leaves the gold dust aucuba is a real gem for the shade garden. Gold dust plant light up a shade border with gold dust plant also called aucuba. A slow growing shrub with yellow speckled foliage or bright green glossy foliage depending on the cultivar gold dust plant adds a burst of color to deep shade.

Plants may be male or female. It grows in united states department of agriculture s usda hardiness zones 6 to 10. Aucuba japonica is commonly referred to as japanese aucuba or gold dust tree.

Gold dust aucuba aucuba japonica variegata this compact growing evergreen shrub grows 6 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide. Japanese aucuba aucuba japonica is commonly called gold dust aucuba because of the sprinkling of yellow across the dark green leaves of the female plant. It is a great choice for even the shadiest of landscapes because it is extremely shade tolerant.

It is native to japan but is grown in gardens in europe and the u s. Aucuba grows slowly taking 10 to 20 years to reach a mature height of 6 to 10 feet and spreading to cover a 4 to 6 feet diameter. Females may produces berries if a male pollenizer is planted nearby.

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