• Eventual Height: 7m
  • Eventual Spread: 90cm

Skimmia

Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana

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  • Position: lightly dappled or deep shade
  • Soil: moist, fertile, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: April to May
  • Flower colour: pure white, often pink or red tinged
  • Other features: good shrub for a dark spot in the garden
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    A dome-shaped, evergreen shrub with narrow, tapered dark green leaves which are slightly aromatic. In mid- to late spring, fragrant white flowers, sometimes tinged pink or red, open from red buds on dense panicles. In autumn, bright red berries are produce, often lasting well in to winter. A good shrub for a pot on the patio or in the garden border.

  • Garden care: When planting incorporate plenty of well-rotted organic matter in to the planting hole. Light or no pruning is required, but can be trimmed lightly after flowering to maintain the symmetry of the shrub.

  • Goes well with: Sarcococca confusa, Euonymus fortunei 'Harlequin', Gaultheria mucronnata 'Red', Hedera helix 'Parsley Crested', Leucothoe walteri 'Rainbow', Lonicera fragrantissima

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