Sarcococca ruscifolia, Sweet Box ground cover as flower buds for next

as flower buds for next year's bloom form on the current season's wood

bright red

cooler morning sun preferred

probably with more sun exposure

dissected carpet of leaves form the backdrop to a skiff of profuse butter-yellow flowers in early spring

Sarcococca ruscifolia, Sweet Box ground cover as flower buds for nextIn late winter you will follow your nose to this earliest blooming shrub to enjoy the sweet, sweet fragrance from the small white flowers. With lustrous, narrow, dark green leaves on arching branches. Happiest in deep to part shade but adaptable to some sun with sufficient water. Will tolerate drought once established Disease resistant; evergreen. Birds will raid it for its small red berries which darken to black as they age. Plant it near an entrance