Sarcococca Pot

Sweetly scented pure white flowers from december to march and lustrous dark green leaves.

Sarcococca pot. Sarcococca suckers freely so the easiest way to propagate is to pot on the rooted suckers or divide up an established plant in early spring. Sarcococca is a genus of 20 small slow growing shrubby species from southeast asia and the himalayas that are closely related to boxwood. Sarcococca hookeriana commonly called sweetbox is a low growing broadleaf evergreen shrub to 5 tall that spreads albeit slowly by stolons to 6 wide or more over time in shady areas of the landscape. Sarcococca confusa is best planted in the ground as the roots like to be kept moist also it grows to about 150cmh x200cm s so you would need a very large pot it s best grown in a shady position.

It s extremely tolerant of shade and is therefore perfect for growing in a woodland border or shady corner where you can enjoy its heady fragrance throughout winter. To fully appreciate the fabulous vanilla like fragrance plant in moist well drained soil close to an entrance or path. Or do they need to be planted into the ground. 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.

Established plants will often self seed readily. This is a quick step by step guide on how we propagate sweet box sarcococca confusa. We produce over a thousand of these each year by collecting and sowing the seed. Harvest sow the berries.

I know that sarcococca confusa is a slowgrowing plant. Sarcococca also known by many as sweet box is a wonderful smaller evergreen shrub with glossy green attractive foliage. It seems to be a popular plant maybe somebody has had such experience. With such a sweet scent you might expect that sarcococca flowers are showy but they are actually teeny tiny almost unnoticeable.

Seed can be sown outdoors in spring and autumn. Sweet box flowers in late winter early spring. Plant sarcococca in a place where you can enjoy it. This wonderful winter flowering dense evergreen shrub is perfect for a shady border or woodland garden.

Christmas box sarcococca confusa is a dense winter flowering evergreen shrub bearing sweetly scented pure white blooms in contrast with dark green leaves. Lustrous lanceolate leathery dark green leaves to 3 1 2 long and to 3 4 wide are evergreen. I have been given a few cuttings and was wondering if they root can i grow sarcococca in a pot. I would say it s not one to be grown in a pot sorry.

The major attraction of sarcococca is the sweetly fragrant flowers in winter when little else is flowering. Hope this info helps 0 30 jan 2010 karensusan63.