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Skimmia x confusa

'Kew Green'


Kew Green Skimmia




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A spreading evergreen shrub with a dense bushy habit.



Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)

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Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Skimmia
Species
x confusa
Cultivar
'Kew Green'
Category
Woody
Type
Shrub (evergreen)
Synonyms
Skimmia 'Kew Green'
Pronunciation
USDA Hardiness Zone
7b - 8a
Canadian Hardiness Zone
7
RHS Hardiness Zone
H5
Temperature (°C)
-15 to -10
Temperature (°F)
5 to 14
Height
1 m
Spread
1.5 m
Photographs
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
MarchApril
General Description
Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green' is a bushy evergreen shrub with beautiful oblanceolate leaves and rich clusters of small white to pale green, lilac-like flowers with deep yellow anthers.
Landscape
This is a romantic, cottage garden shrub also good for banks and slopes, mass planting or container planting.
Cultivation
Grow in part to full shade, in moist, well-drained, humus soil. Tolerant of full sun in moist soil, air pollution and neglect. Leaves may pale or turn yellow or yellow-white if over exposed to sun or grown in poor soil.
Growth
Medium
Pests
Possible pests include: fruit tree red spider mite and horse chestnut scale. No diseases to note.
Habitat
Horticultural origin.
Leaf Description
Simple, broadly oblanceolate, up to 12 cm, aromatic, arranged in a basal ray about the flower cluster.
Flower Description
White to pale green-yellow, fragrant, arranged in large terminal panicles, Kew Green is a male selection.
Fruit Description
It is a male selection and thus fruit is absent.
Notable Specimens
Wakehusrt Place, Ardingly, West Sussex, England.
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