Botanical Name: Acuba japonica
Common Name: Japanese laurel, acuba
Family: Garryaceae
Distribution/Origin: Asia
Leaf/Bud: simple, entire, variegated, drip tip, evergreen
Flower/Inflorescence: March - April bloom, reddish-purple
Stem/Bark: woody stems
Size: height 6 - 10ft, spread 5 - 9ft
Habit: upright, mounded
Form: mounded
Culture: full - part shade
Landscape Use: shrub, okay in shaded spot, evergreen shrub
Notes: good shade plant
