SK 3352 11 March 2022: 6 very high res. images.
Location: Langton Garden, Romford, UK
Altitude: 15 m.
Date: 26 February 2022
Habit : Cultivated
Sarcococca ???
Habit : Cultivated
Sarcococca ???
Not sure about Sarcococca.
Definitely Sarcoccoca sp…scent is amazing.
Sarcococca confusa Sealy ??
Can not say.
To me, it looks a bit different on appearance as per
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/16452/sarcococca-confusa/details
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/sarcococca-confusa
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/16452/sarcococca-confusa/details
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/sarcococca-confusa
For many years I have grown and loved Sarcococca.
In UK they grow very well.
I have several species as well as named cultivars… eg…. confusa, hookeriana, humilis, ruscifolia, salignus, wallichii
Some have red berries some black.
What I have never succeeded in doing it knowing how to id them .
Which is why I said Sarcoccoca sp
My pics below
My pics below
Sarcococca orientalis C.Y.Wu ??
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128725-1
https://www.wavehill.org/discover/garden-journal/sarcococca-orientalis-sweet-box.
https://xeraplants.com/plants/sarcococca-orientalis/.
https://www.wavehill.org/discover/garden-journal/sarcococca-orientalis-sweet-box.
https://xeraplants.com/plants/sarcococca-orientalis/.
Inflorescence looks different.
Detailed description is available at
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012666
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012666