Skimmia japonicus Female
Female Skimmia
Female Japanese Skimmia provides a rounded evergreen presence, with leathery foliage and cream-colored spring flowers. Pollinated plants develop bright red fruit that can remain into winter.
Include a male Japanese skimmia nearby for reliable fruit set; roughly one male can serve six females. The berries are ornamental and should not be eaten.
Give it moist, humus-rich, acidic soil in partial or full shade, sheltered from scorching sun.
Size
• Height: 2–7 ft
• Width: 3–5 ft
Hardiness
• USDA Zones: 7a–8b
Best Uses
• Border
• Foundation
• Woodland Gardens
- Plant type
- Broadleaf Evergreen, Evergreen Shrub
- Height
- 2-7 ft
- Width
- 3-5 ft
- Hardiness zones
- 7a–8b
- Sunlight
- Part shade to full shade
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom time
- Spring
- Flower color
- Cream, White
- Leaf color
- Dark Green
- Fall color
- Green
- Fruit color
- Red
- Soil
- Acidic, Humus rich, Moist well-drained
- Landscape use
- Border, Foundation, Woodland Gardens
- Shape
- Dense, Mounding, Rounded
- Fruit
- Yes
- Fragrant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- No
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- No
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