Sarcococca
Family: Buxaceae.
Sarcococca hookeriana Common name(s): Christmas box, Sweet box ...
Sarcococca hookeriana var. dignya
( Dignya Christmas Box )
Sarcococca hookerana is an evergreen shrub 4-6' tall and wide, dense and mounding habit. It spreads by suckers, forming colonies.
Fragrant Sarcococca, Sweet Box sar-ko-KOK-a con-FU-sa
Broadleaf evergreen, 3-5 ft (1-1.5 m), densely branched, spreads by underground shoots. Leaves alternate, simple, narrow, lanceolate, 3-5 cm long, lustrous green above, light green below.
The best part about growing Sarcococca is that it blooms in winter, and when you walk by, the fragrance gives a knock on the olfactory nerve. It makes you want to breathe in deep the wonderful scent.
Sarcococca ruscifolia is commonly called Fragrant Sweetbox (often as two words, Sweet Box). It has a slow growth rate to five by five feet, larger over time if not occasionally pruned.
The Hardy Sarcococcas (Sarcococca) - Are neat and pleasing evergreen shrubs possessed of but a modest flower beauty, though of more than ordinary value, because of their suitability to shaded positions and their rich green lustrous foliage.
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Sarcococca hookeriana humilis is commonly know as Christmas box and is in the same group as sweet box bushes. It is an evergreen plant with origins in Asia and a wide, spreading shape fueled by its…
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Sweet Box
Sarcococca hookeriana v. humilis
12 to 15"
12 to 15"
Part shade to shade; very adaptable; Piedmont only.
Highly scented Sarcococca flowers in the depths of winter.
Hamamelis lights up the winter gloom.
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Dwarf Sweetbox - Sarcococca hookeriana
False Cypress - Chamaecyparis
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Himalayan Sarcococca (Sarcococca hookerana humilis)
Himalayan White Pine (Pinus wallichiana)
Hinoki False Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Flavescens Aurea')
Hinoki False Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Aurea')
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Goes well with: Choisya ternata, Garrya elliptica, Sarcococca confusa, Hedera hibernica 'Sagittifolia', Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album', Galanthus nivalis.
Similar Plants:
Oleaster
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 See also: May, Green, Evergreen, Box, Pink
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