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| Source: OSU Department of Horticulture |
Common Name: Japanese Skimmia
Family: Rutaceae
Type of Plant: Evergreen shrub
Habit: Dense, rounded to haystack-shaped, evergreen shrub of rather gentle proportions.
Growth Rate: Slow
10-Year Height: < 6'
Mature Height: 2' - 3'
Leaves: Alternate, simple, evergreen, crowded at end of branches and appearing whorled, elliptic-oblong to oblong-obovate, bright green upon emerging, finally dark green above, entire, glabrous, peppery citrus smell when bruised. Petiole short, glabrous, reddish purple.
Flowers: Dioecious. Glossy maroon-red in bud, creamy white when open, weakly fragrant, borne in 2-3" long upright panicles. March-April. Flowers on male plants larger and more fragrant.
Fruit: Only on female plant, bright red, globose drupe that ripens in October and persists into the following spring. Fruit is borne at end of shoots in panicles. About 1 male to 6 males is necessary for good fruit set.
Buds/New Growth: Imbricate, covered in with red scales, glabrous.
Stem/Bark: Stem stout, green with an overcast of reddish purple, glabrous, spicy fragrant when bruised. Pith: ample, excavated, green.
Culture: Part shade to shade.
Pruning:
Pests/Diseases: Skimmia mites.
Landscape Uses: Shade garden.
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