Sarcococca, the Sweet Box: the most fragrant flowers of the winter blooming plants of my UK garden

Описание

Sarcocca, commonly known as Sweet Box or Christmas Box, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Buxaceae, native to temperate areas of Asia, especially in the Himalayan area.
They are widely used as garden plants because they are evergreen and very useful for hedges or groundcover, and their leaves are very ornamental, usually dark green and their foliage very luscious. Sarcoccas bloom in winter, their flowers are not very showy, about 2 cm long, whitish-green, but the fragrance emitted by these plants is the strongest scent of every winter blooming plant I smelled, very sweet and powerful, I have only a small plant of Sarcocca confusa in bloom at the moment, and still I can notice the fragrance a few metres away from this plant: if you have a hedge, the fragrance is really heavenly. In addition to the beautiful fragrance, these plants are loved by insect pollinators (as you can see in the video), and provide a very sought after resource of nectar in winter, when very few plants are in bloom.
These plants are resistant down to minus 15 degrees Centigrade (USDA zone 7) and thrive in shade and moist soil: they can adapt to sunnier positions as long as you keep the soil moist, or to drier conditions as long as they are in shade, but really is the combination of moisture and shade that is most appreciated by these plants. I have two species:
1) Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis (also known as Sarcococca humilis), reaching 30-60 cm tall, very useful as groundcover
2) Sarcococca confusa (the one in bloom today, whose flowers are featured in the video), growing up to 1-2 metres tall, great for hedges.
I hope that you enjoyed the video, and if you liked it and you would like to support my YouTube garden channel and have regular updates, it would be great if you would subscribe to my channel by clicking on the button "subscribe". Also, any comments, positive or negative, is very welcome as well as any of your enquiries, to which I will try to respond as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in my next video.

If you are interested in winter blooming plants, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30QN_HZesRV1eLJ26P1UaZMx

If you are interested in fragrant hardy plants, I am sure you will like this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30RXY10xqlIHr3UvsdDVQt_g

If you are interested in fragrant flower bulbs, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30SzcuTnXgFt811Hg12MlW2N

If you are interested in plants for insect pollinators, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30Qv-rkTa_UTCsm58J-sAbdw

If you are interested in plants for shade, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30RXhowt6PKFiksQKUd4M202

If you are interested in unusual and exotic fruits, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30TVtnJzI-e0i1yaOUx6SUDE

If you are interested in outdoor hardy garden orchids, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30Q-zg0DewkgF7xSkc9m72wa

If you are interested in indoor tropical orchids, I am sure you will like this playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFqeiRJs30SPVanIAOAJ5EfYLBpgxFAe