Botanical Name: Sarcococca hookeriana
Common Name: sweet box
Family: Buxaceae
Distribution/Origin:
Leaf/Bud: simple, entire, leathery
Flower/Inflorescence:
Fruit/Seed: black berries
Stem/Bark:
Size: height 1- 1.5m, spread 1.5 - 2.5m
Habit: suckering shrub
Form: upright, mounding
Culture: full to partial shade, moist well-drained soil
Landscape Use: bedding, ground cover, pleasant bloom fragrance - vanilla
Notes: spring fragrance is intoxicating