SARCOCOCCA ruscifolia

Fragrant Sweet Box, Sarcococca

SARCOCOCCA ruscifolia

Fragrant Sweet Box, Sarcococca

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off any eventual dried branches, if necessary.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : China ; introduced by Ernest Wilson (GB) 1901
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 1 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Shade - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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Pure white flowers, vanilla perfumed, in winter, followed by red berries in autumn-winter. Tough dark green and shiny leaves. Forms a dense and domed shrub, larger in width than in height.