Evergreen shrubs: The Skimmia is colorful and easy to care for

Created: 11/03/2022, 11:30 am

By: Joana Lück

Evergreen trees are a real eye-catcher in winter.

Skimmia japonica is particularly pretty and easy to care for.

Then, when other plants have long since lost their leaves and hardly attract a glance in the garden with their bare branches, evergreen shrubs come into their own.

The skimmia is a particularly pretty tree.

Evergreen shrubs: The Skimmia is colorful and easy to care for

The skimmia belongs to the rue family.

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Mueller/Imago

Many know the skimmie, if at all, as a front door decoration or as an eye-catcher in grave decoration ideas for All Saints' Day.

But the evergreen shrub from the rue family also cuts a fine figure as a ground cover or as a hardy container plant.

The following should be noted with Skimmia japonica:

• Particularly compact gardens are ideal for the Skimmia, as the plant does not overgrow even without pruning, as

  Kölle

  knows about plants.

• The Skimmie usually does not need winter protection in this country.

  If there is severe frost several nights in a row, you should consider protecting the plant with fleece or brushwood.

• The red berries develop in late autumn and shine well into spring.

• While the Japanese skimmia "Passion" or "Obsession" fascinates gardeners in winter with its bright red berries, spring is the time when the red-brown buds open.

  The resulting white and pink blossom attracts numerous insects thanks to its sweet, aromatic scent.

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If you keep the Skimmie as a container plant, you should definitely avoid waterlogging.

Watch out if children or curious pets are playing in your garden: all parts of the Skimmia plant are slightly poisonous.