SARCOCOCCA hookeriana

sweet box

SARCOCOCCA hookeriana

sweet box

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off any eventual dried branches if necessary.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Himalaya : Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Southeast Tibet
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • 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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Small vigorous suckering shrub, appreciated for its winter perfumed flowering. It has larger leaves than the digyna variety, its white flowers having 3 styles, but it is less rustic and compact, though taller. Fruit, after flowering, is purple then turns to black, with round and fleshy berries of 6mm in diameter. Prefers a slightly acid to chalky, cool soil, enriched with compost. Sarcococca resist quite well to dry periods when well established, as long as the periods are short and are not too torrid.