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 ...

Aucuba Japonica, Japanese laurel, is an Asian shrub valued for its tolerance of heavy shade and large, often colorful evergreen leaves. The female Aucuba produces clusters of large berries that turn ...

Dear Neil: How should I prune my aucuba plant? It is too tall, but I am afraid I’ll ruin it if I cut it very much.

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 ...

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.

It’s spring again, and while a lot of tulips may be on their way from Amsterdam, there are more important things to consider. Take, for example, the question of when and how to prune those reliable, ...

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 ...