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Variegated Aucuba

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Posted by jbest123 Zone 5 PA (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 25, 08 at 9:52

I bought a Variegated Aucuba to plant under some huge trees. I never thought about the trees dropping there leaves in the fall and the Aucuba being an evergreen. Will the Aucuba tolerate the sun in the late fall, winter and early spring or do you think I should cover it with shade cloth?

John

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Aucuba will be fine during the winter sun exposure. We grow a long row of it under deciduous trees, with no problem. Also grow some that receive yeararound morning sun until past noontime and it also does fine.
It is sheared every few years, to keep it inbounds and it regrows rather rapidly. It also seems to be rather drought tolerant, as we have experienced two consecutive years in a severe to exceptional (the worst category) drought and it has performed well, with little additional irrigation.
Rb

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We have aucuba under tall oak trees and they seem to like the condition. Like razorback said, they can tolerate drought and quite a bit of shade in the summer and almost full sun in the winter. One thing though is aucuba has male and female trees. So if you want to see the beautiful red fruits in the winter, you might want to plant two near each other. We have mostly female trees and only a couple of male ones and the females are loaded with fruits every year.

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John,

You may want to keep in mind that Razor' and Ikea' are both in Zone 7 and you are in Zone 5. Some information out there lists Aucuba as only hardy to Zone 7. I'm in Zone 6B and it does very well for me in either full shade or full sun (believe it or not).

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Thanks Steve but too late, last winter killed both plants.

John

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