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Burncoose Nurseries - part of the Caerhays Estate
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    • Evergreen
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Rabbit Resistant

    Varieties
    SKIMMIA japonica 'Fructu Albo'
    ('Wakehurst White') - dense clusters of white fruit and dwarf habit
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £25.00
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    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    SKIMMIA japonica 'Kew White'
    Slow growing female form with creamy-white berries
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
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    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    SKIMMIA japonica 'Magic Marlot'
    Cream and green variegated leaves. White flowers opening from/pink/red buds.
     
    2 Litre
    £16.50
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    Unavailable
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    SKIMMIA japonica 'Redruth'
    (A.M. Form) - hermaphrodite, free berrying
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    SKIMMIA japonica subsp. reevesiana
    Hermaphrodite with narrow elliptic tapering leaves and ovoid crimson-red fruit which usually remains until the spring.
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £25.00
    SKIMMIA japonica 'Rubella'
    (Male) - red buds opening white. Foliage also reddish
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    SKIMMIA japonica 'Veitchii'
    ('Foremanii') - vigorous female clone with broad leaves and large bunches of brilliant red fruit
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £25.00

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    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.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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