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Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green (male)'

Skimmia

• Position: partial to full shade
• Soil: moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: April to May
• Flower colour: creamy-white
• Other features: male plant
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A compact, dome-shaped, evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers in April and May and aromatic, pointed, mid-green leaves. This award-winning shrub is perfect for illuminating a shady shrub border or woodland garden. Requiring little routine pruning, it's useful for 'anchoring' taller, upright plants and pollinating female skimmias planted close by.
  
  
• Garden care: Lightly trim after flowering, if necessary. To improve the moisture retention qualities of the soil add plenty of well-rotted compost when planting.
  
  
• Goes well with: Buxus sempervirens (box pyramid), Hedera hibernica 'Sagittifolia', Ligustrum delavayanum 'Cone', Laurus nobilis (bay standard), Sarcococca confusa, Helleborus orientalis