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Japonica skimmia
ballroomdancing01
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i am worried about my japonica skimmia leaves are going yellow and dropping off - is this natural at this time of year
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Skimmia japonica, that way round for name
They're evergreen so shouldn't lose all leaves. I find they don't like the dry alkaline soil I have and go yellow. Not too keen on full sun either.
Can you post a photo and someone with more positive knowledge re skimmias may be able to help. Start with the camera icon and reduce the size of the image before you start. I reduce mine to 30%
In the sticks near Peterborough
That is as much as I know too Nut. They seem to have a tendency to go a sickly yellow colour for me, unless I grow them in fairly deep shade.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
In my garden poor drainage was the cause of 'yellowing' foliage. Since finding a spot with better drainage it hasn't looked back.
I did some 'looking-up' when I needed to check about pruning - this page has a section about yellow leaves:
http://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/shrub/skimmia.php