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SKIMMIA x confusa 'Kew Green'
Male form with glossy green leaves and large greenish flower racemes, commonly very hardy
Further Reading....
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Evergreen - inversely lance-shaped to elliptic, pointed leaves to 11cm (4½in) long.
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Green
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Height - 0.5-3m (1.5-10ft) -
Spread - 1.5m (5ft)
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Tall Shrub - compact dome-shaped shrub. Produces small flowers to 5mm (¼in) across in dense, conical panicles to 15cm (6in) long.
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Hardy - cold winter - Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) -
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Harmful if eaten - These will give you an upset tummy, so please don't eat any of these. -
Additional Features - Good to know - no berries but outstanding fragrance. Attractive to insects, butterflies. -
Pests & Diseases - scale insects -
Place of origin - garden origin. Hybrid of S. japonica and S. anquetilia. -
Hardiness - Fully hardy
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Scented Plants - Scented flowers
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Scented foliage
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil - moderately fertile.
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Wildlife - Butterfly friendly
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Rabbit Resistant
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Skimmia - Growing Guide
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0.5-3m (1.5-10ft)
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Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries.
It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
Only £7.50
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Ericaceous Liquid Seaweed Fertiliser
Specially developed organic concentrated seaweed feed for ericaceous plants that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants,
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™ Ericoid.
Only £7.50
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Slate Plant Labels
These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen.
Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
Only £10.20
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Hand made in Cornwall, these delightful natural slate labels are perfect for pots.
Comes with chalk pen. Pack of 5
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