Skimmia japonica

Plant Characteristics
Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width:	⇔	20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring

Scientific Names
Rutaceae >	Skimmia >	japonica >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Skimmia japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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.Z. 1:68. B.M. 8038. G.C. II. 25, p. 244; III. 5, pp. 521, 524. Gn. 7, p. 183; 35, p. 480; 42, p. 133. J.H. III. 30, p. 525; 66:175; 70:343. R.H. 1869, p. 259; 1880, p. 56. F. 1865, p. 161. G.W. 5, p. 261.—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. R.H. 1880, p. 57. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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