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Sarcococca confusa.  

• Sweet Box / Christmas Box
• Scented white flowers
• Winter Flowering
• Is a hardy bushy evergreen shrub with glossy, deep green, wavy ovate leaves 3-5cm in length and, in winter, inconspicuous, very sweetly scented, creamy-white flowers, followed by glossy black berries.
• Best planted on mass and close to paths or walkways to appreciate the scent in Winter.

Cultivation: Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained humus-rich soil in shade.

Full sun may be tolerated when planted in damp soil.

Also tolerant of atmospheric pollution, dry shade and neglect. Soil: Acid, Alkaline or Neutral. Moist but well-drained or well-drained. Chalk, Clay, Loam or Sand.

Aspect: All aspects. Sheltered.

Flowers: White in Winter.

Foliage: Dark Green. Fruits: Black in Summer.

Fragrance: Flower.

Suggested Plant Uses: Banks and Slopes, Cottage/Informal Garden, Ground Cover or Low Maintenance.

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