Gold Dust Aucuba Plant

Gold Dust Aucuba Offers Evergreen Foliage Splashed with Golden Variegation Brighten Shady Spaces Year-Round with the Gold Dust Aucuba Shrub Gold Dust Aucuba (Aucuba japonica 'Variegata') is an evergreen shrub prized for its glossy green leaves dusted with gold. Perfect for shady landscapes or containers, this low-maintenance plant adds year-round color and thrives in Zones 7–10. Inconspicuous flowers appear in early spring and they are burgundy in color. Aucuba Gold Dust plants have male and female plants that you can tell apart by the red berries, which the female plants only produce. If you want your Aucuba to develop berries, you’ll need both male and female plants close to each other so they can pollinate. If you love the variegation of a specific plant, you can take a cutting to create a clone with the same splotchy pattern. Landscaping Gold Dust Aucuba As you can imagine, this plant works well as a focal point in any garden or landscape, but it also complements many other plant