Sarcococca confusa patio-friendly known for its attractive foliage

known for its attractive foliage and distinctive flowers

Philodendron Melanochrysum

Water: Allow the top inch of soil to dry out before watering

and the patience it demands

Kills most common insect pests on an extensive range of ornamental and edible plants

Sarcococca confusa patio-friendly known for its attractive foliageSarcococca confusa, the sweet box or Christmas box, is one of the most useful winter flowering shrubs for shade. This bushy evergreen shrub from the Buxaceae family holds glossy dark green leaves all year and, in the depths of winter, opens tiny cream flowers that carry a powerful honey and vanilla scent long before the rest of the garden has woken up. From December to March those unassuming flowers perfume the air around a doorway or path, and are