Sarcococca Christmas Box Plant
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A beautiful shrub for shady areas.
Sarcococca christmas box plant. Christmas box sweet smelling flowers are enough to make us love a plant forever but sarcococca keeps on giving. Sarcococca confusa plants from thompson morgan. The flowers are followed by black berries which stay on the plant for a long time. Also known as christmas box plants these shrubs are related to standard boxwood plants but offer glossier leaves and unmatched scent in late winter.
Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia. Christmas box is a versatile evergreen. Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. Hookeriana digyna for sale in nurseries and garden centres.
This species a member of the buxaceae family is thought to be native to western china. Monrovia s fragrant sweet box details and information. Incredible perfume hardy evergreen leaves and ease of care are all characteristics of sarcococca sweetbox shrubs. It s dark glossy evergreen leaves bird attracting berries comfort in shady gardens even in dry shade and pest free nature clinch the deal.
Announcing their presence with their incredible sweet vanilla fragrance tiny ivory white flowers appear in late winter to early spring somewhat hidden among the dense foliage of glossy slightly rippled dark green leaves. White spring flowers are small but very fragrant. Sweetly scented sarcococca confusa sweet box is a terrific winter flowering evergreen shrub rich of many qualities. Christmas box botanical name sarcococcaconfusa common name christmas box family buxaceae plant type shrub evergreen.
Sweet box sarcococca confusa also known as christmas box is a much undervalued exquisitely scented small evergreen. Family buxaceae genus sarcococca are compact sometimes suckering evergreen shrubs with simple leathery leaves and tiny fragrant creamy white flowers in winter or spring followed by red purple or black berries which may persist into the following winter. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. The plant s botanical name is sarcococca and you will find sarcococca humilis s.
One of the best shade tolerant shrubs for planting under trees and in similar situations.