EVERGREEN. Perfect for shady gardens, Aucuba japonica is a dense, upright, rounded, evergreen shrub, prized for its lush foliage of leathery, glossy, rich green leaves mottled with golden yellow. In early to mid Spring, small purple flowers, adorned with creamy white anthers, appear from the leaf axils (female plants), or in terminal panicles (male plants). When pollinated, the female blooms give way to ornamental, glossy, bright red berries that ripen in Autumn and often persist until Spring.
