Woody > Skimmia > Skimmia x confusa > Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'
Skimmia x confusa
'Kew Green'
Kew Green Skimmia
Mike's
Opinion
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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 |
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Description and Growing Information
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| 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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