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

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		7 to 10
Flower features:	❀	red, pink, white

Scientific Names

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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.

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. 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. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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