A good sized shrub the Laurels are sold under several family names.

The Spotted Laurel Acuba is an evergreen shrub for almost anywhere in the garden.

• I grow mine 5 feet tall in quite dark shade.
• It is quite slow growing but very hardy.
• Shade helps the yellow spots – strong sun encourages green chlorophyll
• The soil is moist and rich but it would also do as a hedge plant in ground.
• Shrubs may be strictly pruned as hedges, left to grow unchecked, or lightly trimmed to shape once annually, always using secateurs to avoid cutting the large leaves.
• All parts of the plant are poisonous, take care with the seeds.
• Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring/summer or less reliably by seed.
• Crotonifolia and Variegata are the best varieties. Both are female so they produce red berries which usually last from the autumn  through to spring.

 

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