Sarcococca Nz

Sweet box or sarcococca from the greek sarx which means flesh and cocca meaning berry is also known as christmas box in the northern hemisphere because of its scented flowering season.

Sarcococca Nz Kostenlos. Sarcococca confusa christmas sweet fragrant box. Small white flowers in winter followed by red berries. A real gift to the garden.

It can grow as high as 6ft but 4ft is a more usual height. Small cream flowers in winter are fragrant followed by black ornamental berries. In jan feb it produces tiny flowers which would go unnoticed except for their magnificent sweet penetrating fragrance.

Sarcococca are woodland plants and happily grow in shade or semi shade are fine in dry shade and tolerate acid or alkaline soil. A low growing evergreen shrub reaching around 1 5. Back to search results.

Will grow in sun or shade in well drained not too dry soil. If you like daphne then you will love this shrub too. Compact and dense growth habit.

Grows to around 1 metre tall but is slow growing. Sarcococca ruscifolia also known as sweet box photo indicative only. Densely bushy shrub with deep green glossy leaves.

Grows well in dense shade. This is the largest and bushiest of the sweet boxes. Responds well to trimming.

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. Sarcococca ruscifolia grows very easily in the pacific nw and is a great shade plant for our cool moist climate. Looks great as a hedge.

Loves shade and does well in a difficult shady area. An attractive shrub with sweetly scented white flowers followed by black berries. Pickup is kaiapoi township.

This neat compact shrub has highly fragrant white flowers during winter followed by crismon red berries.