Aucuba japonica
Japanese Acuba · Japanese Aucuba · Japanese Laurel
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- shrubPlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, ShrubPLANTS Database
- Height
- 6-10 ft1.8-3 mExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Spread
- 4-6 ft1.2-1.8 mExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Flower
- Purple/Lavender, Red/BurgundyExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Blooms
- SpringExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Native range
- China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, TaiwanGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Hardiness zones
- 7-10Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Dappled Sunlight; Deep shade; Partial ShadeExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Soil
- Clay, High Organic Matter, Loam (Silt), SandExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Moisture
- Good Drainage, Moist, Occasionally Dry, Occasionally WetExtension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox — NC State Extension; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Brought to England in 1783, and the plants grown there were female. Robert Fortune went to Japan in 1861 partly to find a male, which he found in a garden in Yokohama. Wikipedia: Aucuba japonica
- The golden variegation comes from the mother: a variegated female gives variegated seedlings whatever the male looks like. Wikipedia: Aucuba japonica
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Moderate
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C
No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.
40% germination.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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