Sarcococca Hook

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Sarcococca hook. Sweet box sarcococca also known by many as sweet box is a wonderful smaller evergreen shrub with glossy green attractive foliage. Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. A compact shrub with dark green glossy elliptic foliage. The glossy dark green foliage is larger than most varieties and makes a handsome contrast to the spidery white blooms which are followed by shiny red berries that ripen to black.

Sarcococca hookeriana humilis commonly known as sweet box is an evergreen that originates in the himalaya mountains. Lustrous lanceolate leathery dark green leaves to 3 1 2 long and to 3 4 wide are 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. It bears fragrant white flowers in winter followed by blue black berries.

An outstanding choice for dry shade gardens where other plants won t grow. Himalayan sweet box dwarf sweetbox. It is a low growing evergreen shrub or groundcover usually between 12 and 24 inches high. Sarcococca hookeriana commonly called sweetbox is a low growing broadleaf evergreen shrub to 5 tall that spreads albeit slowly by stolons to 6 wide or more over time in shady areas of the landscape.

Tiny apetalous unisexual tubular fragrant white flowers 1 2 long bloom in the leaf. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 to. Plant sarcococca in a place where you can enjoy it. Fragrant valley sarsid1 sweetbox is also a very uniform selection from canada but its compact thick habit is much lower growing and makes a wonderful low evergreen groundcover.

White spring flowers are small but very fragrant. Description sarcococca hookeriana winter gem is a recent introduction with a powerful sweet fragrance that will stop you in your tracks. The flowers are followed by long lasting blue black berries. Forms natural espalier against a wall.

Sarcococca hookeriana the himalayan sweet box is a species of flowering plant in the box family buxaceae native to china afghanistan north east india bhutan and nepal. This tough shade tolerant shrub provides much needed structure scent and colour and is ideal for a shady shrub or mixed border. Fragrant valley pp19942 sweetbox. A spreading evergreen shrub with highly scented white flowers in winter and slightly aromatic lance shaped dark green leaves.

Its fragrant white flowers appear in spring over dark green shiny leaves and its disease resistant and deer resistant qualities make it ideal for. Can be used in an informal garden or in borders and beds. A beautiful shrub for shady areas. Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia.