30+ Sarcococca Ruscifolia Sweet Box

Sarcococca ruscifolia is like in almost every way to s. Useful in shaded areasunder overhangs in entryways beneath low branching evergreen trees.

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Sarcococca ruscifolia sweet box

Recipient of the prestigious award of garden merit of the royal horticultural society. An outstanding choice for dry shade gardens where other plants won t grow. Grows at a moderate rate up to 3 5 ft.

A beautiful shrub for shady areas. Ruscifolia has red berries rather than black. 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.

Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia this unassuming little shade shrub is one that people often don t notice at first. Tall and wide 90 150 cm in an upright rounded form with its branches radiating out from around the stems.

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. The major difference is fruit color s. White spring flowers are small but very fragrant.

Grown for handsome waxy dark green leaves and tiny powerfully fragrant white blossoms that come in late winter or early spring hidden in the foliage. Thrives in part to full shade in moderately fertile. It also grows a bit larger to 5 x 5.

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