SEATTLE — If you’re having difficulty finding a shrub that will survive in dry shade, especially underneath giant evergreens that suck up every inch of available moisture, give Aucuba japonica a try.

A beautiful evergreen shrub that can either be solid green or variegated as the picture above. 'Gold Dust' is one of the most popular varieties available. Originally from Japan to the Himalaya ...

What: Bright-red fruit forms on Aucuba japonica “Rozannie” even without a pollinizer. The glossy, dark-green leaves on this compact Japanese aucuba selection have a few coarse-like teeth near the tip, ...

Q. We have 12 large boxwoods (4 feet tall, meatball shape) in the front of the house, and half are dying. Many are in shade most of the year. I was considering aucuba plants instead. Any ideas? A.

Berry season is a wonderful time of the year, and I’m not talking blackberries or strawberries. I am referring to the landscape plants like the aucuba loaded with large berries called drupes which are ...

For winter landscape interest, it is hard to beat the Japanese aucuba. A few years ago, this struck home to me as we were filming a TV segment at one of my favorite small gardens, the Biedenharn ...

If you’re having difficulty finding a shrub that will survive in dry shade, especially underneath giant evergreens that suck up every inch of available moisture, give Aucuba japonica a try. Hardy to ...

Dry shade -- those words strike fear in the heart of many a gardener, but it's Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike' to the rescue. Dry, shady soil can be difficult to manage, whether the dryness comes ...

Aucuba Japonica, Japanese laurel, is an Asian shrub valued for its tolerance of heavy shade and large, often colorful evergreen leaves. The female Aucuba produces clusters of large berries that turn ...

Dear Neil: How should I prune my aucuba plant? It is too tall, but I am afraid I’ll ruin it if I cut it very much. Answer: Prune it one stem at a time. Make each cut in a way that the remaining leaves ...

Plenty of cold-hardy, East Asian shrubs have been landscape staples in Central Florida for decades. Consider sweet viburnum, Viburnum suspensum, Japanese holly, serissa, silverthorn, ligustrum, azalea ...