Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' Allen Bush The International Union for Conservation

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as Critically Endangered

this summersweet is most remarkable for the flowers: densely clustered

which is a different and older kind of attachment

In its native range

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' Allen Bush The International Union for ConservationMost aucubas demand a matchmaker, a male plant set near a female before a single red berry will form, but Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' needs no such arrangement. This compact, deep green selection is self fertile, setting large, glossy scarlet fruit without a separate pollinator, and fruiting even more heavily when a male happens to grow nearby. Add to that lustrous, coarsely toothed, unspotted foliage and a tidy three to four foot frame, and 'Rozannie'