Spotted laurel, 青木, is valued for its ability to thrive in the most difficult environment, especially for dry shade and salty soil. It is drought-tolerant and also copes with deep-land pollution and salt-laden coastal winds. 

It's widely acknowledged that spotted laurel is the most popular hedgerow plant in the world, and it can be seen in almost every kind of landscape and outdoor nature. Often it is used as windbreaks to improve growing conditions for neighboring plants.

Nowadays, it may also be grown indoors as a houseplant, and is considered environmental friendly to building structures. 

Resilient, reciprocal and adaptive, that's the Cyanwood way.