Skimmia
×confusa 'Kew Green' (Rutaceae family) is an AGM
award winning plant. It is compact, dome-shaped and fragrant.
It grows to about 5 feet. The green buds are there all winter
and the white flowers (male) open in the spring. Tolerant
of most soils and shade or sun, but may suffer from magnesium
deficiency (corrected with some Epsom salts.)
Plant Portraits through the year
The
plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph
after it.