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Aucuba japonica 'Crassifolia' (m)

Japanese laurel 'Crassifolia'

A bushy evergreen shrub, to around 1.5m high, with upright to arching stems and broadly oval, leathery deep green leaves, coarsely toothed in the upper half. Short, upright clusters of small, reddish-purple flowers are produced in spring

Aucuba japonica 'Wykehurst' (v)

Aucuba japonica 'Golden Spangles' (f/v)

Japanese laurel 'Golden Spangles'

A rounded, evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves spotted golden-yellow. Clusters of small reddish-purple flowers in spring are followed by red berries

Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Salicifolia' (f)

Japanese laurel 'Salicifolia'

An evergreen shrub of rounded habit, up to 2m (6½ft) high, having long, narrow, glossy, green leaves, with toothed margins. A female form, this produces small, purple flowers in spring, followed by clusters of bright red, oval berries, if a male aucuba is flowering nearby to fertilise them.

Aucuba japonica 'Golden King' (m/v)

Japanese laurel 'Golden King'

A dense, rounded evergreen shrub with large glossy leaves heavily blotched with golden-yellow

Aucuba japonica (m)

Japanese laurel

Aucuba japonica 'Nabaku'

Aucuba japonica 'Dentata' (f)

Japanese laurel 'Dentata'

An evergreen shrub with dark green, glossy, toothed foliage. Females produce terminal panicles of purple flowers in mid spring followed by red berries the following winter, once the flowers are pollinated

Aucuba japonica f. longifolia

long-leaved spotted laurel

A medium-sized evergreen shrub of compact habit with narrow, bright green leaves. Flowers small, purple, female succeeded by clusters of bright red oval berries

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata' (m/v)

Japanese laurel 'Picturata'

A vigorous, evergreen shrub of rounded habit, up to 3m (10ft) high, bearing glossy, dark green leaves, with toothed margins. These are spotted with yellow, as well as having a dramatic yellow, central blotch. A male form, this produces small, purple flowers with four yellow stamens in spring.

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' (f)

Japanese laurel 'Rozannie'

A compact evergreen shrub with lance-shaped, glossy dark green leaves and both male and female flowers

Aucuba japonica 'Fructu-albo' (f/v)

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust' (f/v)

Japanese laurel 'Gold Dust'

A bushy evergreen shrub, to around 2m high. Leaves are thick, glossy and toothed, and olive green speckled with pale yellow. Clusters of small, red-purple flowers are produced in spring; if pollinated, these are followed by bright red berries in late summer and autumn

Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia' (f/v)

Japanese laurel 'Crotonifolia'

A medium-sized, compact evergreen shrub with large leathery leaves heavily spotted and blotched with deep yellow. Small, purple female flowers appear in the spring, followed by bright red berries when pollinated

Aucuba japonica 'Nana Rotundifolia' (f)

Aucuba japonica 'Sulphurea Marginata' (f/v)

Japanese laurel 'Sulphurea Marginata'

A beautifully variegated, evergreen shrub, of rounded habit, up to 2m (6½ft) high; having bright green, toothed leaves, with pale yellow margins. A female form, this produces small, stamenless, purple flowers in spring, followed by clusters of bright red, oval berries, when a male aucuba is flowering nearby to fertilise them.

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (f/v)

variegated Japanese laurel

A female cultivar with glossy leaves heavily spotted with creamy-yellow; small purple flowers may be followed by glossy bright red berries if a male clone is nearby

Aucuba japonica 'Hillieri' (f)

Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Lance Leaf' (m)

Aucuba japonica Windsor form (f)