Sarcococca (any variety)
Sweet box (any variety)
Sarcococca Sarcococca
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Sarcococca (any variety) are dense, rounded or thicket-forming, evergreen shrubs with upright stems bearing leathery, glossy, oblong, elliptic, or lance-shaped, dark green leaves, and in winter or spring, clusters of tiny, fragrant, sometimes pink-flushed, cream or white flowers followed by spherical, black or red fruit.
Sarcococca (any variety) is: Evergreen
Flowers are sweetly fragrant.
Rounded, Suckering, Upright
Cream, White in Spring; White, Cream in Winter
Dark-green in All seasons
Generally pest free.
Generally disease free.
Pruning group 8. After flowering, trim or prune back any shoots that spoil shape.
Seed, Semi-hardwood cuttings
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Sarcococca (any variety) (Sweet box (any variety)) will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 1m after 10-20 years.
Banks and Slopes, Cottage/Informal, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Resistant to pollution, Woodland, Foliage only, Drought Tolerant
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well drained, humus-rich soil in deep or partial shade in a sheltered position. Tolerates full sun if the soil remains moist during summer. Tolerates pollution, drought, and neglect.
Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Shade
South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
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Sarcococca (any variety)
Sweet box (any variety)
Sarcococca Sarcococca
Sarcococca (any variety) _ If you don't know the variety name of your Sarcococca (Sweet box), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
Sarcococca (any variety) are dense, rounded or thicket-forming, evergreen shrubs with upright stems bearing leathery, glossy, oblong, elliptic, or lance-shaped, dark green leaves, and in winter or spring, clusters of tiny, fragrant, sometimes pink-flushed, cream or white flowers followed by spherical, black or red fruit.
Garden origin
Evergreen
Flowers are sweetly fragrant.
Rounded, Suckering, Upright
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Cream, White in Spring; White, Cream in Winter
Dark-green in All seasons
Generally pest free.
Generally disease free.
Pruning group 8. After flowering, trim or prune back any shoots that spoil shape.
Seed, Semi-hardwood cuttings
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Sarcococca (any variety) (Sweet box (any variety)) will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 1m after 10-20 years.
Banks and Slopes, Cottage/Informal, Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Resistant to pollution, Woodland, Foliage only, Drought Tolerant
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well drained, humus-rich soil in deep or partial shade in a sheltered position. Tolerates full sun if the soil remains moist during summer. Tolerates pollution, drought, and neglect.
Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Shade
South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6
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Light: | Partial Shade, Full Shade | Tell us... |
Aspect: | South, East, West | Tell us... |
Exposure: | Exposed, Sheltered | Tell us... |
Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | Tell us... |
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