Aucuba Care: Berries Mean You Have a Female, Dieback Means Drainage Issues

Your solid-green aucuba with red berries is just a non-variegated female. Aucubas are dioecious—separate male/female plants. Berries = female.

Dieback Cause

Old plants dying? Constantly wet soil or mulch piled on stems. Aucuba hates wet feet.

Fix

• Prune to healthy wood.
• Rebuild bed for drainage.
• Replant high, with pine bark amendment.

Buy 5–6 plants to ensure a male for berries (if you want them).