30+ Skimmia Kew Green
I have noticed the leave around the botton of the stems are turning yellow and some have dropped off.
Skimmia kew green. The green buds are held all winter and the white flowers open in the spring. It has large clusters of small fragrant greenish yellow flowers in spring. Is it sick or is. Ideal for banks and slopes containers. Skimmia x confusa kew green is a lovely evergreen shrub with distinctive narrow glossy green leaves and panicles of cream flower buds which are fully developed by september and last throughout winter. A male cultivar it does not produce fruit. Award winning plant it is compact dome shaped and fragrant.
I have a 3 year old skimmia in my front garden which i moved from a pot to the ground about 3 months ago. Lightly trim after flowering if necessary. Genus skimmia are compact evergreen shrubs with simple aromatic leaves and terminal panicles of small white or yellowish flowers followed on fertilised female plants by shiny red berries. Skimmia kew green is a small spreading shrub with broad leaves occurring in an oblanceolate shape and about 12 centimetres in length with noticeably large clusters of small fragrant flowers with a white to yellowish colour in the spring. Yellowing leaves on a skimmia. Description skimmia is a fantastic small spreading evergreen shrub with highly aromatic oblanceolate leaves. Like all the skimmias it will grow in most soils in sun or shade and is fine in a patio container or the garden.
Most have male and female flowers on separate plants. Skimmias are evergreen shrubs that are extremely valuable for their multi season displays especially in winter. Supplied at approx 25cms tall in approx 2 3 litre containers covered in bud flower in season. This is often mistaken for iron deficiency but skimmias are not ericaceous acid soil loving plants. There is no spotting or marks on the leaves and no signs of a beastie it is in a shady area and well watered. Only some such as skimia kew green will grow well in full sun. Skimmia x confusa kew green is.
Plant them in any soil as long as it s not too wet or very dry. If planted in poor and very dry soil or if growing in full sun the shrubs will struggle leaves will start yellowing and plants will become spindly. Their glossy evergreen leaves provide a lovely foil to their fragrant white or yellowish flowers in april and may and long lasting winter berries.