Scientific Name: Skimmia reevesiana
Common Name: Reeves skimmia
Family Name: Rutaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Winter interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Humus rich
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, White, Apr-May
Fruit: Drupe, Red, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Leaves small, narrow; flowers bisexual; fruit on all plants, oval-shaped (compared to S. japonica).