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 ...

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, ...

Q: On one of your shows you talked about the sweetbox. I planted one about two years ago and I loved it because it smelled so good. It was in bloom when I bought it and it has not bloomed since. What ...

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 ...

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.

'Purple Stem' ('Purple Stem' sweet box) has been called the best of the sweet box by none other than plantsman Dan Hinkley. And with its raspberry-colored stems, no-hassle attitude and a scent that ...

The other day, I stepped inside a polytunnel and wanted to stay in there forever, certainly until some time in March. It was warm, compared with outside, and the air was full of the subtle, sweet ...

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 ...

On warmer days, the garden smells damp and a little rotten. It's not unpleasant, but it is hardly enticing and I need a better reward than a cup of tea on my return to get me outside. Nature's ...