Sarcococca hookeriana 'Winter Gem' Gardena with masses of yellow berries

with  masses of yellow berries set against them

Normally produces lots of flowerheads on a short sturdy bush up to 1m x 1m

is a holder of the prestigious RHS award of garden merit

and will grow in any reasonably moist

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Winter Gem' Gardena with masses of yellow berriesThis is a new hybrid of the wonderful winter sweet box, which has inherited the best off both it's parents. The lanceolate leaves are a rich, glossy green, and rather larger than the species, and it is also smothered in winter with clusters of the most exquisitely fragrant small white flowers. These are followed in due course by bright red berries which age to black. Slow growing and compact in habit it reaches only about 50cm x 50cm, making it