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This award-winning duo will add colour and drama to your garden with rich glossy evergreen foliage and clusters of showy buds opening to fragrant pretty flowers in April and May. Low maintenance and versatile, with female plants producing showy red berries in autumn when planted with a male.Perfect for any gardening style, the collection will add year-round interest growing in a border or as a low growing hedge or individually as a statement plant in a container. Also ideal in coastal areas. Add cut stems to a Christmas arrangement for a festive display. Thriving in moist, well-drained, neutral or acidic soil in dappled shade. Full sun should be avoided as this can cause yellowing of the leaves. Hardy evergreen shrubs, both varieties are male and have been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit for outstanding performance in the garden.Your Collection comprises: Japonica x ‘Rubella’ – Red flowers. H&S 1.5mJaponica ‘Fragrant Cloud’ – White flowers. H: 1.5m, S: 1m
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Skimmia japonica Fragrant Cloud 10.5cm pot | Skimmia japonica Rubella 10.5cm Pot |
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| Latin Name | Skimmia japonica Fragrant Cloud 10.5cm pot | |
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) | |
| Colour | White | |
| Type | Shrub | |
| Format | 10.5cm Pots | |
| Position | Full-Shade, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | |
| Foliage | Evergreen | |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 1.50 | |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 1.00 | |
| AGM | Yes | |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam | |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | |
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing | |
| Scented | Yes | |
| Good for pots | Yes | |
| Good for Rockeries | Yes | |
| Good for wildlife | Yes | |
| Good for pollinators | Yes | |
| Good for cutting | Yes |
