The skimmie originally comes from East Asia. Today this plant is known as an evergreen winter ornamental plant and is considered particularly enriching for pots, balcony boxes and beds. Below you can read how you can showcase them nicely with various companion plants.
Which plants go well with skimmia?
To combine skimmia successfully, you should choose plants that have similar site requirements and bloom in spring, such as rhododendron, candytuft or Japanese lavender heather. Evergreen ground cover or flowering trees also go well with it.
What factors should you consider when combining the skimmie?
Not every combination with the skimmie is successful. Therefore, before you start, you should consider the following factors:
- Foliage: evergreen, shiny
- Flower color: white, red or reddish brown
- Flowering time: April to May
- Location requirements: Partly shaded to shady, humus-rich and slightly acidic soil
- Growth height: up to 150 cm
The skimmia's evergreen foliage can be particularly enriching in the presence of plants that are bare in winter. But it also fulfills a valuable function in interaction with evergreen plants. Take this into account when combining.
If you want to accentuate skimmia blooms, pair them with neighbors who are also in bloom in spring.
The location requirements of the skimmie are still extremely important. Shade-loving plants meet her requirements and are therefore an excellent fit for her.
Combine skimmies in the bed or in the bucket
The skimmie decorates dark and therefore often visually unsightly areas in its impressive way. There it can be atmospherically displayed with numerous other plants, as long as they also prefer to avoid direct sunlight and prefer acidic soil. For example, flowering trees that go into bloom around the same time as Skimmia japonica go well with it. In addition, ground cover plants are predestined for a planting partnership with her.
Excellently suitable planting partners for the skimmia include:
- Japanese lavender heather
- Rhododendron
- Ivy
- Boxwood
- Small Periwinkle
- Storksbill
- ornamental sage
- Ribbon flower
Combine skimmie with rhododendron
The rhododendron also likes slightly acidic soil and can easily tolerate a partially shaded location. In addition, it reveals its flowers between April and May and therefore at the same time as the skimmia. Thanks to this, these two plants can highlight each other. For example, combine a white skimmia with a pink rhododendron or a red skimmia with a yellow rhododendron.
Combine skimmie with candytuft
Both the skimmie and the candytuft are suitable for the bucket. You can put them together in one large bucket, but you can also place them separately in two buckets next to each other. Snow-white candytufts will beautifully frame red or reddish-brown skimmies in particular.
Combine skimmie with Japanese lavender heather
Two plants that originally come from Japanese regions meet here and play differently together. The skimmia and the Japanese lavender heather have similar location requirements and are visually consistent because they have evergreen foliage and their flower colors are also relatively similar.
Combine skimmies as a bouquet in a vase
You can use the flowers, but also the berry-like fruit decorations, for bouquets. While the flowers are suitable for spring bouquets, the berries are more suitable for autumn and winter. Together with bright flowers of other plants such as roses or dahlias, dark skimmies look extremely decorative.
- Broom heather
- Gerbera
- Roses
- Freesias
- Thistles
- Dahlias
- Autumn Asters
