species
Sarcococca confusa
Sweet box
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Sarcococca confusa belongs to the family Buxaceae, also known as Sweet box, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 1.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers from December to February and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 1.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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