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 ...

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 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.

I was a sharply reminded of the vital role of flowers for wildlife this week by the piercing lily-of-the-valley scent of the Christmas box (Sarcococca humilis). A humble looking evergreen with pointed ...

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 ...