What: Small, evergreen, shade-loving shrubs are hard to find in the Northwest, but this dwarf sweetbox fits the bill with its fragrant white flowers in early spring and blue-black berries in summer.

Sarcococca: among the most beautiful and useful of plants in cultivation SARCOCOCCAS should be better-known. Also called Christmas or sweet box, even these inviting names have failed to make them ...

Sweet box is a low-growing shrub that is especially welcome near the house in winter. It provides evergreen color and lovely white blooms with a sweet scent in late January and early February. (Marci ...

SARCOCOCCA confusa, aptly named Christmas Box, but also known as Sweet Box are names so fitting this plant at this time of year when it is in full flower releasing the most pleasant sweet scent.

Winter flowerers keep their heads down. They put out discreet puffs of blossom, rather than masses of showy petals, but they compensate with scents that make you swoon. In winter, you walk past an ...

Some shrubs are well-suited for shady areas in our landscapes. Areas on the north sides of buildings and under tree shade are the most common. However, shade-loving shrubs also do well on the east ...

What: Although the flowers of Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna “Purple Stem” are not conspicuous, they have an impressively sweet scent in wintertime. The dark green, semi-glossy evergreen foliage is ...