Can anyone identify this plant please?
By Junie
Essex, United Kingdom
I have been given this shrub, grown from a cutting, apparently it has a strong scent, its name, eventual size and preferred position would be much appreciated. Thanks
- 18 Jul, 2009
Answers
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18 Jul, 2009
From the look of it it's probably Sarcococca hookeriana. I've got some by my back door. Amazing scent in winter.
18 Jul, 2009
Looks like a Sarcococca. It likes a position in half sun in free drained, moisture retentive soils with plenty of organic stuff added like leaf mould or compost. The common name is Christmas Box as the very sweetly scented flowers appear from mid winter through to early spring.
18 Jul, 2009