Marmorata Aucuba (Japanese Laurel) – 2.5 Gallon Pot

An improvement over ‘Crotonifolia’ and other scorch-prone Aucuba varieties, ‘Marmorata’ sports bold, dark green variegated leaves that look as though they’ve been heavily speckled with yellow paint. One of the most attractive and easiest, low maintenance evergreen shrubs to grow in the shade, Marmorata is sure to light up even the most shady areas. Because no other plants share similar foliage, this Aucuba is an indispensable shade plant that compliments all other plants nearby while bringing a look of the tropics to the landscape. Can also be grown as an indoor houseplant year round.

Growing 5 to 6 feet tall, and wide and thriving in dense shade to part shade, the Marmorata Aucuba is ideal for use as an accent or in groupings under the canopies of large shade trees and in other shady areas. Also great for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. It’s tropical-looking evergreen leaves make Gold Dust Aucuba plants a perfect choice for bringing a flare of the tropics to your landscape, perennial shade garden or rock and Xeriscape (low water needs) gardens. What’s more…you can grow this flashy beauty year-round as an indoor houseplant!