Aucuba japonica var. borealis 25/6 Restock Underplant with low groundcovers or

Underplant with low groundcovers or spring bulbs

thicket-forming shrub that Eugene Bicknell first described in 1911 from the sandplains of Nantucket

humid summers

though seedlings pull easily

Aucuba japonica var. borealis 25/6 Restock Underplant with low groundcovers orAucuba japonica is one of the great problem solvers of the shade garden, a glossy broadleaf evergreen that thrives in the dry, difficult shade where few other shrubs will, and var. borealis is the toughest of the clan. Drawn from the cold northern reaches of the plant's Japanese range, this small leaved form was selected for hardiness, holding very shiny, dark green, leathery leaves through winters that would burn a common aucuba. The genus name is a