Sarcococca confusa
Common name: sweetbox
Family: Buxaceae
Leaves: glossy, dark green, ovate leaves with an acute apex, alternate, simple, leathery, surface undulating
Leaves: glossy, dark green, ovate leaves with an acute apex, alternate, simple, leathery, surface undulating
Flowers: very sweetly fragrant, clusters of 5, small creamy-white flowers, with prominent stamens in winter (Jan- March)
Fruit: black berries
Height:3-5'; Spread: up to 3'
Habit:evergreen shrub; Form: mounded/rounded
Culture: Plant in part shade to full shade, in organically rich, well-drained soils. May tolerate full sun, provided irrigation is good. Prune for symmetry/ shaping after flowering. USDA zones 7-9. Tolerant of urban pollution, relative neglect.
Uses: winter fragrance, winter greenery, low hedge, shrub
Origin: China
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