An unusual plant with shiny dense leaves, covered with small yellow spots, has a poetic name - Japanese aucuba, or japanica. Surprisingly, with proper care, the flower grows into an evergreen shrub to 1-1.5 m and is even capable of producing small fruits similar in shape to a cornelian. The plant can not be called difficult to care for, it is rather unpretentious , but awareness of the peculiarities of its care still will not interfere.
Planting of an Aucuba
The Japanese aukuba soil prefers light and loose. You can buy ready-made soil, if you want, prepare it yourself from leaf land, peat, sand and turf in a ratio of 1: 1: 0.5: 1. Transplant the plant in a wide pot, on the bottom of which should be placed a layer of drainage. By the way, this procedure is performed by young plants every spring. Since the age of 5, the transplant is needed only as needed.
Care for auscus
To arrange a beautiful plant is recommended in places with scattered light, penumbra. In this regard, fit the sills of the west or east windows. Open sunlight can burn glossy leaves. With regard to the temperature regime, but the most optimal for the flower aukuba is the temperature of air 17-20 ° C in summer and 10-15 ° C in winter.
If we talk about watering, then in the warm season (that is, from spring to autumn), it should be abundant. True, excessive is fraught with the appearance of black rot. In winter, watering is reduced, but in the heating season the aukuba requires spraying because of the dryness of the air.
Like any indoor pet, the Japanese japanese aucuba needs to be fed with complex fertilizers. In this capacity, it is possible to use compositions for ornamental foliage plants. Fertilizer is produced every 2-3 weeks from spring to autumn.
By the way, periodically the aucuba blooms - on its stems appear
Aucuba - reproduction
They reproduce the Japanese aukuba more often with cuttings, for which the annual shoots are cut off. In this case, the potential cuttings should be 3-4 leaves. Root cuttings in moist sand, cover the container with a film and place in a warm place (22-24 ° C). Periodically, the sand box is watered and ventilated. When the cuttings take root, they are dived into separate pots with a suitable primer. If there is a desire, you can try to grow an aucoup from the seeds. But this is rather difficult, because for pollination two heterogeneous plants are needed.