| Scientific Name: | Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis |
| Common Name: | dwarf sweet box |
| Family Name: | Buxaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Opposite, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Pink, Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black, Oct-Nov-Dec, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub dwarf, spreading evergreen; leaves alternate (rarely opposite), most lanceolate, 4-7cm long x 1.3-2.5cm wide, dark green, waxy, unpleasant leaf odor when crushed, petiole 3-7mm long; flowers male (yellowish) or female (pink-tinged white), 4-6mm long, sweetly fragrant; drupes blue-black, ovate, 6-8mm wide, with 2(-3) persistent stigmas 1-2mm long. | |