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Skimmia japonica 'Fragrant Cloud'
'Fragrant Cloud' is prized for intensely aromatic spring flowers and a compact, dome‑shaped habit. Glossy dark green leaves carry dense clusters of highly scented creamy‑white blooms in spring, making it excellent where fragrance and shade performance are priorities. Holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit for reliability.
Key Features:
- Exceptionally fragrant white spring flowers.
- Compact dome habit — excellent for containers and borders.
- Tolerant of full shade and exposed positions.
Care Tips:
- Position: Partial to full shade; tolerates full shade better than many shrubs.
- Soil: Moist, well‑drained, humus‑rich soil; avoid very dry or chalky sites.
- Feeding: Light ericaceous feed in spring.
Plant Details
| Flowering Months | April – May |
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Growing Guide
| Hardiness | RHS H5 (−15°C to −10°C). |
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Plant Highlights
- Foliage Type: Glossy, evergreen foliage providing year-round structure.
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Shade· Exposed
- Watering
- moderate
- Soil & drainage
- Acidic· Well drained· Moist
- Mature size
- 1.0m high· 1.0m wide
- Flowering
- White· Cream· Multicolour
- Foliage
- evergreen
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