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Your cart is empty.Picturata Aucuba is a shade-loving, evergreen shrub prized for its golden yellow center on large, dark leathery green leaves. With bold, upright stems, this vibrant broadleaf shrub is an excellent accent for shady areas. This beauty will also produce small purple flowers in the spring which will turn into red berries in the fall if a male aucuba is planted nearby. Great for beds and borders, hedges, screens, patio and containers. Grows in USDA zones 6-10 and prefers partial sun to shade. It also likes moist, well-drained soil. Dense and rounded habit, Picturata Aucuba can reach 4-6 feet tall and as wide when matured. It is also commonly called Spotted Laurel and native to moist woodland areas, thickets, and valleys from Japan to China to the Himalayas. Average mature growth of 4-6 foot tall by 4-6 foot wide.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2024
I purchased three shrubs from Blooming and Beautiful: a Japanese Sawtooth Aucuba, a Roman Candles Podocarpus, and this Picturata Aucuba. The first two arrived in good condition and are thriving, however, this Picturata arrived with crisp brown leaf ends on the top and soggy limp leaves on the bottom. It seems to have been grossly over-watered before transit. I planted the Picturata promptly like the other two, ensuring sun, soil and water requirements were perfectly met, and hoping it would revive itself, with no such luck. After a month now, it’s clear it’s not viable and will need to be dug up and discarded.I saw the other very positive reviews and was hoping for the same. If I could go back in time, I would have contacted the seller the same day that I received the plant in its poor condition, rather than spending money and time and incurring a lot of frustration on a plant that really had no chance of surviving.
Rick J. Kamp
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2024
The Aruba is gorgeous, very large/ full, and still moist/ smells good!Packaging is extra special!!Thank you...will be hearing from me again!
Tom
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
As a Master Gardener of 20+ years, I can appreciate a well grown healthy plant and that is what I received!
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
Arrived promptly
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