Sarcococca confusa (Sweet Box)

Sarcococca confusa is an award winning, bushy, evergreen shrub that is popular with bees and other pollinators. Sarcococca are often also known as ‘Sweet box’ or ‘Christmas Box’.

A member of the RHS Plants for Pollinators collection, Sarcococca confusa is ideal for the front of a garden border or in a pot on the patio, producing year round, glossy, deep green, waxy foliage. This foliage is accompanied by inconspicuous, sweetly scented, creamy-white flowers in winter and by glossy black berries in the summer.

Plant your Sarcococca in any well drained, fertile soil in a position of full or partial shade.

Details

• Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit
• A member of the RHS Plants for Pollinators collection
• A Sarcococca confusa in a 2 litre pot
• Flower colour: White
• Foliage colour: Green
• Fruit colour: Black
• Foliage: Evergreen
• Flowering period: December, January, February, March
• Position: Full shade, Partial shade
• Aspect: North-facing, West-facing or East-facing
• Soil moisture: Moist but well-drained
• Soil pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Plant height: up to 150cm
• Plant width: up to 150cm