When you're shopping around for the perfect plants for your container garden, you may find yourself having to choose what you value most. Do you want an evergreen plant that offers privacy, ...

What: Few shrubs reach their peak in the middle of winter, but that is precisely when Sarcococca ruscifolia, commonly called fragrant sweetbox, begins to shine. Tiny white flowers hidden amongst its ...

It is February, and our gardens are just beginning to wake up. In this unsettled time of year with regular frosts and frequent rain interspersed with brilliant sunny afternoons, many plants are still ...

A shrub whose name says it all is the fragrant sweet box (Sarcococca ruscifolia). This shade-loving shrub has ovate, leathery, shiny dark-green leaves that are about 2½ inches long. Fragrant sweet box ...

My neighbours are lucky enough to have a low hedge of Sarcococca, also known as Christmas box or sweet box, an evergreen shrub whose tiny, ragged, white flowers throw out a powerful punch. There are ...

For plants, fragrant flowers are a serious business: scent is one of the methods they deploy to advertise their presence far and wide in order to attract pollinating insects and ensure the survival of ...