23+ Sarcococca Ruscifolia

In jan feb it produces tiny flowers which would go unnoticed except for their magnificent sweet penetrating fragrance. White spring flowers are small but very fragrant.

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Sarcococca ruscifolia

Sarcococca ruscifolia is like in almost every way to s. 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. There s nothing particularly showy about its graceful arching stems deep green leaves or the tiny white flowers that hang from its branches in winter.

Sarcococca ruscifolia grows very easily in the pacific nw and is a great shade plant for our cool moist climate. The major attraction of sarcococca is the sweetly fragrant flowers in winter when little else is flowering. Sarcococca ruscifolia commonly called fragrant sweetbox or fragrant sarcococca is a dense low growing sometimes suckering broadleaf evergreen shrub with a compact habit that typically grows to 3 4 tall and as wide.

Slow growing evergreen shrub to 3 5 feet tall and wide. Sarcococca ruscifolia fragrant sweet box. Forms natural espalier against a wall.

With such a sweet scent you might expect that sarcococca flowers are showy but they are actually very tiny. Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. The major difference is fruit color s.

Fragrant white flowers in winter followed by dark red berries in summer. Ruscifolia has red berries rather than black. Requires shade moderate water and prefers acidic soil.

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