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Garden Guru: Sweet Box

GARDEN GURU: A plant gets my attention when the RHS describes it as ‘tolerant of atmospheric pollution, dry shade and neglect’. But Sarcococca is much more than a survivor; it’s a wonderful, small leaved evergreen, with ...

GARDEN GURU: A plant gets my attention when the RHS describes it as ‘tolerant of atmospheric pollution, dry shade and neglect’. But Sarcococca is much more than a survivor; it’s a wonderful, small leaved evergreen, with winter bloom which gives off an intoxicating scent – hence it’s commonly known as ‘sweet box’. There are four varieties from the daddy of them all, the bushy ‘confusa’, through to the baby ‘humilis’ which is being proposed as a replacement for blight prone box edging. If you get a passing drift of the most marvellous and mysterious fragrance sometime between Christmas and March, it could well be Sarcococca (great name too!).

Sarcococca confusa
Sarcococca confusa

For more detail visit the RHS website at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/16452/Sarcococca-confusa/Details

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