(Liste) Sarcococca Confusa Plant
The major attraction of sarcococca is the sweetly fragrant flowers in winter when little else is flowering.
Sarcococca confusa plant. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Sarcococca is a genus of 20 small slow growing shrubby species from southeast asia and the himalayas that are closely related to boxwood. A beautiful shrub for shady areas. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. The least amount of sun it gets the better is does. Sarcococca sweetbox shrubs have dwarf sized appeal perennial foliage and surprisingly sweet smelling tiny flowers. Sarcococca x confusa is one of the toughest most durable evergreen perennials for adverse woodland garden conditions.
I grew them at our place near lynnwood wa. You can stand several feet away and smell the delightful scent of just one sweetbox but when you put them in a mass the plants can perfume the entire landscape for weeks. White spring flowers. It got no sunshine no rain. How to grow sarcococcaconfusa plant size 1 5m height 2m spread aspect north facing east facing south facing west facing. Tall and wide 90 150 cm in an upright rounded form with its branches radiating out from around the stems. I started new plants from cuttings and seed from their berries.
It s dark glossy evergreen leaves bird attracting berries comfort in shady gardens even in dry shade and pest free nature clinch the deal. This boxwood cousin has eve. Sarcococca confusa is a wonderful plant. Recipient of the prestigious award of garden merit of the royal horticultural society. Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia. Sarcococca confusa other common names sweet box family buxaceae genus sarcococca are compact sometimes suckering evergreen shrubs with simple leathery leaves and tiny fragrant. Monrovia s fragrant sweet box details and information.
Log in sign up log in sign up. Thrives in part to full shade in moderately fertile. Sarcococca confusa confused sweet box. Christmas box sweet smelling flowers are enough to make us love a plant forever but sarcococca keeps on giving. Planted one on the north side of our house near the front door. The flowers are followed by black berries which stay on the plant for a long time.