For winter landscape interest, it is hard to beat the Japanese aucuba. A few years ago this struck home to me as we were filming a TV segment at one of my favorite small gardens, the Biedenharn Museum ...

If you’re having difficulty finding a shrub that will survive in dry shade, especially underneath giant evergreens that suck up every inch of available moisture, give Aucuba japonica a try. Hardy to ...

Japanese Aucuba, according to Norman Winter in his 1999 “Mississippi Gardener’s Guide,” is the best shrub for giving year-round color to shade areas of our landscape. Whether green leafed or ...

SEATTLE — If you’re having difficulty finding a shrub that will survive in dry shade, especially underneath giant evergreens that suck up every inch of available moisture, give Aucuba japonica a try.

Berry season is a wonderful time of the year, and I’m not talking blackberries or strawberries. I am referring to the landscape plants like the aucuba loaded with large berries called drupes which are ...

For winter landscape interest, it is hard to beat the Japanese aucuba. A few years ago, this struck home to me as we were filming a TV segment at one of my favorite small gardens, the Biedenharn ...