Aucuba japonica 'Picturata' ~ Picturata Aucuba, Spotted Laurel groundcover Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yew

Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yew is a non-flowering evergreen conifer shrub with a spreading mounded habit

(4) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Sungold'

Pond Edges Water Gardens

(3) Photo by TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)

A tidy plant that self-cleans and has no fall color

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata' ~ Picturata Aucuba, Spotted Laurel groundcover Duke Gardens Japanese Plum YewPicturata Aucuba is a shade loving variegated evergreen shrub with leaves that host a yellow center and have the signature yellow speckles coating the green margins. The tiny maroon flowers bloom in early spring, while on female plants the bright red berries ripen in fall and last until spring. Prefers rich, moist and well drained soils. Very good drought tolerance once established. Deer resistant. Picturata has a tendency to revert to solid green, so