[90] Sarcococca Confusa Christmas Box Herunterladen
Christmas box sweet smelling flowers are enough to make us love a plant forever but sarcococca keeps on giving.
[75] Sarcococca Confusa Christmas Box . Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia. To fully appreciate the fabulous vanilla like fragrance plant in moist well drained soil close to an entrance or path. It s dark glossy evergreen leaves bird attracting berries comfort in shady gardens even in dry shade and pest free nature clinch the deal.
Announcing their presence with their incredible sweet vanilla fragrance tiny ivory white flowers appear in late winter to early spring somewhat hidden among the dense foliage of glossy slightly rippled dark green leaves. Sweet box sarcococca confusa also known as christmas box is a much undervalued exquisitely scented small evergreen. This species a member of the buxaceae family is thought to be native to western china.
They are slow growing plants that spread by suckering shoots gradually forming low growing mounds. White spring flowers are small but very fragrant. A beautiful shrub for shady areas.
Suitable for hedges up to 75cm it is an excellent substitute for box especially if box blight is a problem. Forms natural espalier against a wall. An outstanding choice for dry shade gardens where other plants won t grow.
Once established water. You see the diminutive evergreen known as christmas box is a plant that brings unparalleled fragrance to the winter garden. Sarcococca species originate in china and the himalayas and are related to the common box buxus.
Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. Other common names sweet box. 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.
Sweetly scented pure white flowers from december to march and lustrous dark green leaves. There are other sweetly scented winter flowers witch hazel. Sarcococca confusa sweet box will reach a height of 2m and a spread of 1m after 5 10 years.
Christmas box sarcococca confusa is a dense winter flowering evergreen shrub bearing sweetly scented pure white blooms in contrast with dark green leaves.