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'''''Skimmia japonica''''' is a shrub that is popularly cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens and parks. Its flower can be cream-yellow to white. The fruit is a small round berry that ranges in color from purple to red. It can tolerate frost and droughts. It has been hybridized with ''[[Skimmia anquetilia]]'' to create ''[[Skimmia × confusa]]''. It is suitable for [[Bonsai]]. This species is native to [[Japan]]. It is also grown in Chinese gardens. This species has many [[cultivar]] forms. {{Inc| Skimmia japonica, Thunb. (S. oblata, Moore. S. fragrans, Carr. S. fragrantissima, Hort.). Shrub, 5 ft. high, except the minutely pubescent infl. quite glabrous: lvs. crowded at the ends of the branchlets, short-petioled, elliptic-oblong to oblong-obovate, narrowed at both ends, obtusely pointed, bright or yellowish green above, yellowish green beneath, 3 1/2 – 5 in. long: panicles 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; fls. polygamous, usually 4-merous, yellowish white: fr. coral-red or bright scarlet, globose or depressed-globose, 1/3 in. across. Spring. Japan.—S. fragrans and S. fragrantissima are names of the staminate plant; S. oblata of the pistillate. Var. ovata, Rehd. (S. oblata ovata, Carr.), has larger and broader lvs. Var. Veitchii, Rehd. (S. oblata Veitchii, Carr.), has obovate lvs. and often perfect fls. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:2006-11-16Skimmia japonica02.jpg| photo 1 File:Cathedral Gardens, Armagh (04), November 2009.JPG| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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