Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' | Spotted Laurel - Height 110-120cm, Width 60cm - 15lt Chaenomeles Pruning and fruit thinning are

Pruning and fruit thinning are required

Colours vary from violet and purple

It is also a versatile companion to other shade-loving plants like ferns and astilbes

Also known as the Japanese quince

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' | Spotted Laurel - Height 110-120cm, Width 60cm - 15lt Chaenomeles Pruning and fruit thinning areAucuba japonica 'Variegata' is a dense, rounded, shade loving, female, evergreen shrub with glossy, deep green leaves irregularly variegated with yellow spots and spackles. Tiny, purple flowers bloom in spring and are followed by red berries in autumn often persisting on branches until spring. Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' prefers organically rich, moist, well drained soils, but can adapt to a wide range of soils, even poor ones, except waterlogged.