Indoor flower of an aucuba today belongs to the most popular in home maintenance: the beauty of large leaves creates a wonderful atmosphere. In the people, the aukuba is also called a golden tree, because the golden spots on the leaves make them look like nuggets. By its type it is an evergreen plant that pleases the eye at any time of the year, and care for it is not difficult for an attentive florist. However, in all its glory the aukuba will appear only in caring hands.
Aukuba: Japanese beauty in your home
Interestingly, the first mention of the use of plants in the home collection appeared in the 18th century. Until then, the plant could be found in humid subtropics, mainly in Japan, hence the prefix "Japanese" to the name. Features of the plant allow you to form the crown at your own discretion, while using different methods. The largest specimen of such a plant, grown at home, reached a height of 4.5 meters. Aukuba, care for which must be done daily, does not like direct sunlight, she likes scattered light.
Small and seemingly plain-looking flowers on closer examination resemble red peas and create a contrast between olive or dark-green aukuba leaves. Well, and the fruits, as befitted a plant of the family of cornelian, are small dark red oblong berries. Care for Japanese aukuba can not be left neither in summer nor in winter. Ironically, the plant does not like excess moisture, and in the cool season falls into a kind of dormancy, with which, respectively, reduces the amount of irrigation.
In spring, summer and early autumn, the plant needs fertilizing: as a rule, a complex fertilizer is applied perfectly for these purposes, which is introduced into the pot no more than once a week. Also to the mandatory procedures can be attributed and periodic pruning.
Often, the flower growers ask themselves: why do the leaves blacken at the aukuba? The answer is simple: from excess moisture. Enemies of a plant, as however, and many other green pets, are the ubiquitous aphid and scab. Methods to combat them are enough, they are known and suggest special attention to the affected areas.
Reproduction of aukuba at home allows you to create a real garden. In early spring, you can take the apical cuttings and set them off using the general rules. It is interesting that plants with an age of three years are particularly beautiful.