The best shrubs with winter berries add pops of joyful color to the garden when it's most needed. As the days get shorter a show of lustrous berries will add standout factor to your garden, as well as ...

FLOWERS: Fragrant white flower clusters in April; male flowers larger and more fragrant. FRUIT: Bright red fruit fall and winter. Japonica variety is dioecious (separate sexes), needing male and ...

This is the season when the bright red berries and glossy, aromatic evergreen leaves of female Japanese skimmia cry out for attention: The welcome show continues throughout the winter in our climate ...

Berry-producing shrubs beautify the winter landscape, provide cuttings for holiday decorating, and invite birds into the ...

In 1999, when I finished my Master Gardener training, I wanted to purchase two plants to celebrate the completion. I wanted these two plants to be something I had never grown before and ones that ...

Skimmia japonica, commonly called skimmia is a shade loving, evergreen plant that has a rounded growth habit. It can grow to 4 feet in height It has attractive clusters of flowers in the spring, but ...

The best plants to add color to a winter garden are those that can handle chilly weather while showing off flowers, berries, ...

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Question: I'm growing some Japanese Skimmia in pots, and this year, I noticed that a lot of the leaves on these plants have this sort of bleached out look to them. What causes that? Answer: One of the ...