Buy Sarcococca confusa

Also Known As

Sweet Box

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 3'-7'
W: 3'-7'

planting zones

6a-9b

1 gallon | $39

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Sarcococca confusa plant details

Sarcococca confusa is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with green foliage. In winter cream and white flowers emerge followed by black and red fruit. Features glossy texture. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - shade and regular - occasional water. Does well in alkaline, average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something pollution tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Sarcococca confusa

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: buxaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 3 FT - 7 FT - wide, 3 FT - 7 FT - tall
Flowers: cream and white blooms in winter
Uses: cutting garden, fragrant, mounding, winter interest, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Sarcococca confusa

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - shade
Watering frequency: regular - occasional
Resistant to: pollution
Soil needs: alkaline, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

At 4-6' this is the largest of this very fragrant Sweetbox tribe, this dense, glossy evergreen shrub has small creamy-white flowers who weave and wand their fragrant magic when spring is just a dream that one has (for sanity?s sake) to assume will come one day; showy black fruits add interest in fall and can persist into winter as well. PSh-Sh/M/acid

By: Forestfarm

Often sold as Sarcococca rusifolia, this evergreen shrub looks nearly identical to rusifolia, but is much hardier. Small white flowers appear in early spring and envelope the garden with a delicious, sweet fragrance. Grow in shade to filtered light, in humus-rich, moist well-drained soils. 4-5 feet high x 3-4 feet wide. Zone 6-9.

By: Bloom River Gardens

Is a 2’ suckering shrub. The deep green foliage is glossy all year. The white flowers are very sweetly fragrant early in the year. The plant will have black fruit in fall-winter.

By: Gossler Farms

White fragrant, vanilla flowers February, red to black berries, evergreen, slightly arching branches. USDA zones 7-9.

By: Lael's Moon Garden

S. confusa has a lot of things going for it: It blooms in winter and when you walk by, the fragrance is wonderful in a season when you expect to smell nothing in the garden. It's much more fragrant than the more common, S. hookeriana. The white bloom is small and is on the bush at the same time as the glossy black berries which is just maturing from red from the previous year's blooms! How cool! It was introduced in 1916 so it's stood the test of time. It will take deep shade! Spreads by underground shoots.

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

Very fragrant white flower clusters of five, from January until March sometimes as early as December, followed by black berries. Glossy green, evergreen leaves. Deep or partial shade.