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01954 211 519Aucuba japonica, Aucuba variegata, 'Crotonifolia'
Garryaceae
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
'Crotonifolia' is a compact medium-sized evergreen shrub with large leathery leaves heavily spotted and blotched with deep yellow. Flowers small, purple, female, followed by bright red berries when pollinated
Will grow well in all but waterlogged soils
Propagate by seed or from semi-hardwood cuttings
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light pruning
Generally pest free
Generally disease free
evergreen
bushy
H5
Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15° to -10° celcius)
partial shadefull sun
shelteredexposed
east-facingwest-facingnorth-facing
loamchalksand
well-drainedmoist but well-drained
alkalineacidicneutral
1.5m to 2.5m
1.5m to 2.5m
10 to 20 years
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