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Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'

12/3/2011

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Red flower buds (in November), Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' - Green Point Garden Design, Bristol
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First flowers in February, Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
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Family                        Rutaceae
Height & spread      120cm x 120cm
                                    Evergreen, 
 Soil                            Well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil
 Aspect                       Partial shade
 Hardiness                Frost hardy

This is a compact male clone and it therefore produces no berries.
Green leathery leaves with red-margined and dark red flower buds from october to march openin in tinny white-pink flowers.
Skimmias are suitable for a shrub border or woodland garden.
A leaves my become chlorotic on poor, dry soil or if over exposed to sun.

Female variegaty:
S. japoinca 'Bowles Dwarf'
S. japonica 'Cecilia Brown'
S. japonica 'Fructu Albo'
S. japonica 'Nymans'
S. japonica subst. revesiana (hermafrodite)
S. japonica 'Rogersii'
S. japonica 'Veitchii'
S. japonica 'Wakehurst'. 


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8/16/2012 10:17:13 am

Great info, thank you.

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