{"id":5447,"date":"2015-01-08T03:58:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T10:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5447"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:59:20","slug":"skimmia-for-buds-and-berries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/skimmia-for-buds-and-berries\/","title":{"rendered":"Skimmia for Buds and Berries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4136607546\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2604\/4136607546_b9afc5e0e6.jpg\" alt=\"Variegated Skimmia Magic Marlot\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Skimmia is a slow growing, aromatic, evergreen shrub with a compact habit. Skimmia Japonica grows in a dome shape with leathery leaves and the flowers can be followed by red or black berries. Skimmia laureola has dark green leaves which smell when crushed. The flowers on this variety are clustered on the end of the shoots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How and Where Can I Grow Skimmias?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are tolerant of shade and seaside conditions though some cultivars do not like an alkaline soil.<\/li>\n<li>The flowerbuds look like pink flowers (above) and slowly develop during late autumn before finally opening to reveal the small white flowers in late winter.<\/li>\n<li>Most Skimmias are single sex plants therefore, if you want berries (below), you will have to grow both male and female plants.<\/li>\n<li>Skimmias are slow growing and should not need pruning<\/li>\n<li>Plants are hardy and would fit in too a low maintenance area<\/li>\n<li>Skimmias can be grown in containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4130705819\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2749\/4130705819_d42d768c0f.jpg\" alt=\"Skimmia Fruit\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are now several named cultivars of Skimmia. This extract is from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skimmia\">Wikipedia<\/a> with some further additions<br \/>\nVariegated Skimmia Magic Marlot<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Emerald King&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Fragrans&#8217; scented male clone<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Godrie&#8217;s Dwarf&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Keessen&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Kew White&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Nymans&#8217; free fruiting<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica Foremanii vigorous female<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica reopens low growing<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica Rogersii dwarf female with twisted leaves<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Rubella&#8217; male<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Rubinetta&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Ruby Dome&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Wanto&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;White Gerpa&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica &#8216;Veitchii&#8217;<br \/>\nSkimmia japonica reevesiana &#8216;Ruby King&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4135849221\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2735\/4135849221_9d7cb6037d.jpg\" alt=\"Skimmia in bud\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skimmia is a slow growing, aromatic, evergreen shrub with a compact habit. Skimmia Japonica grows in a dome shape with leathery leaves and the flowers can be followed by red or black berries. Skimmia laureola has dark green leaves which smell when crushed. The flowers on this variety are clustered on the end of the shoots. How and Where Can I Grow Skimmias? They are tolerant of shade and seaside conditions though some cultivars do not like an alkaline soil&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/skimmia-for-buds-and-berries\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,10],"tags":[191,66],"class_list":["post-5447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-flowers","tag-berries","tag-evergreen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}