{"id":9753,"date":"2011-03-03T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9753"},"modified":"2011-03-03T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T15:07:30","slug":"magic-and-green-simmia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/magic-and-green-simmia\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic and Green Simmia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Magic Marlot Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5493517731\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5291\/5493517731_d3af9fbdee.jpg\" alt=\"Magic Marlot Skimmia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Magic Marlot&#8217; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compact evergreen shrub grows perfectly in containers to give a wonderful display. Forms a\u00c2\u00a0 mounded, upright, evergreen that works for the border, garden bed or large containers.<\/li>\n<li>The variegated foliage is medium green with a cream edge.<\/li>\n<li>Autumn produces green-white buds that turn wine red as the temperature drops.<\/li>\n<li>Spring brings rich-flowering, pink tinged white blooms.<\/li>\n<li>Tolerant of heat, frost, shade and dry soils.<\/li>\n<li>Spacing \u00c2\u00a0 24 &#8211; 36&#8243;,\u00c2\u00a0 Height : 12 &#8211; 18&#8243;,\u00c2\u00a0 Width : 12 &#8211; 24&#8243;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kew Green Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5494102080\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5174\/5494102080_98ea0e0093.jpg\" alt=\"Kew Green Skimmia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skimmia &#8216;Kew Green&#8217; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This low to medium sized shade tolerant shrub provides much needed winter blossom.<\/li>\n<li>Scent from male plants\u00c2\u00a0 is followed by attractive berries on the female form.<\/li>\n<li>Attractive foliage and makes Skimmias ideal as ground cover in problematic shady areas.<\/li>\n<li>Skimmia &#8216;Kew Green&#8217; prefers a well drained neutral to acidic soil that is reasonably fertile yet well drained,<\/li>\n<li>Skimmia flourishes in full or partial shade.<\/li>\n<li>Trim to shape after flowering and mulch occasionally.<\/li>\n<li>Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Rubella Skimmia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5493510513\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5493510513_fbe7d0b807.jpg\" alt=\"Rubella Skimmia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rubella&#8217;\u00c2\u00a0 Award of Garden Merit (AGM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> There are numerous lovely skimmias, generally from the Himalayas and the Far East. Skimmias form evergreen shrubs of varying heights.<\/li>\n<li>Most are &#8216;dioecious&#8217;, meaning they have male and female flowers on different plants, and both sexes must be planted to ensure a crop of fruits.<\/li>\n<li> &#8216;Rubella&#8217; is a compact male variety with attractive red-margined, dark green leaves.<\/li>\n<li>The flower buds, which appear in autumn and winter, are a prominent feature of the plant, as are the scented flowers which open in spring.<\/li>\n<li>It is perfect for growing in containers and provides good all year round colour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read about other Skimmia species and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/skimmia-for-buds-and-berries\/\">Skimmia for <\/a>buds and berries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Magic Marlot&#8217; Compact evergreen shrub grows perfectly in containers to give a wonderful display. Forms a\u00c2\u00a0 mounded, upright, evergreen that works for the border, garden bed or large containers. The variegated foliage is medium green with a cream edge. Autumn produces green-white buds that turn wine red as the temperature drops. Spring brings rich-flowering, pink tinged white blooms. Tolerant of heat, frost, shade and dry soils. Spacing \u00c2\u00a0 24 &#8211; 36&#8243;,\u00c2\u00a0 Height : 12 &#8211; 18&#8243;,\u00c2\u00a0 Width : 12 &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/magic-and-green-simmia\/\"> 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":[],"class_list":["post-9753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753","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=9753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}