23+ Aucuba Gold King

Aucuba japonica golden king japanese laurel golden king will reach a height of 2 5m and a spread of 2 5m after 10 20 years. Excellent background for contrasting foliage plants.

Garden Of Aaron 2012

Aucuba gold king

It was located in the garden of dr. The plants being grown were female and it was a purpose of robert fortune s botanizing trip to newly opened japan in 1861 to locate a male. Aucuba japonica golden king male is a useful evergreen shrub with large dark green leaves spotted golden yellow.

Foliage is speckled dark green and bright golden yellow year round. Genus aucuba are dioecious evergreen shrubs with simple leathery leaves attractively variegated in many cultivars and small purple flowers followed on female plants by large glossy red fruit details golden king is a dense rounded evergreen shrub with large glossy leaves heavily blotched with golden yellow. Golden king aucuba is a beautifully colored broadleaf evergreen plant variety that prefers shadier locations and mildly acidic well drained soils.

Will grow well in all but waterlogged soils. It makes a dense rounded bush and can be grown into an impenetrable thick hedge. We obtained this male clone a few years ago from dr.

Goldstrike male and golden king have heavier gold splashings. Females may produces berries if a male pollenizer is planted nearby. Aucuba japonica was introduced into england in 1783 by philip miller s pupil john graeffer at first as a plant for a heated greenhouse.

This handsome male plant serves as a pollenizer to. Aucuba japonica golden king golddust plant. A terrific evergreen shrub for use in containers on covered patios or indoors.

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