Sarcococca ruscifolia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width:	⇔	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early winter, mid winter, late winter

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		8 to 10
Flower features:	❀	white

Scientific Names

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Read about Sarcococca ruscifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sarcococca ruscifolia, Stapf. Shrub, to 6 ft.: lvs. ovate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, dark green and lustrous above, 1 1/4- 2 in. long; petioles 1/6-1/5 in. long: fls. in few, usually 4-fld. racemes: fr. sub-globose, dark scarlet. Oct.-Feb. Cent. and W. China. Var. chinensis, Rehd. & Wilson (S. saligna var. chinensis, Franch.). Lvs. elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, cuneate or broadly cuneate at the base, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long. W. China. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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