'Sweet and Lo' Sweet Box

FEATURES

Unlike anything you’ve seen before! Sweet & Lo sweet box fills with bunches of thin two-toned hot pink and white thin flowers in early spring. These unique blooms have a jasmine-like fragrance and are favored by early pollinators. Shiny evergreen foliage keeps the shade garden looking lush year-round. Perfect for gardeners who need to fill in a shady border or want to expand their pollinator gardens into unused spaces.



Why grow Sweet & Lo sweet box?

  • Very shade tolerant
  • Early spring blooms for pollinators
  • Year-round appeal with evergreen foliage
Fragrant Flower
Winter Interest
Attracts: 
Bees
Butterflies
Resists: 
Deer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 
 Shrub
 
Shrub Type: 
 Evergreen
 
Height Category: 
 Short
 
Garden Height: 
 18 - 30 Inches
 
Spacing: 
 24 - 36 Inches
 
Spread: 
 24 - 36 Inches
 
Flower Colors: 
 Red
 
 White
 
Flower Shade: 
 Two-toned flowers
 
Foliage Colors: 
 Green
 
Foliage Shade: 
 Green
 
Habit: 
 Mounded
 
Container Role: 
 Filler

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 
 Full Shade
 
 Part Shade
 
 Part Shade to Shade

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 
 Easy
Blooms On: 
 Old Wood
Bloom Time: 
 Late Winter
 
 Early Spring
Hardiness Zones: 
 5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b
Water Category: 
 Consistent
Soil PH Category: 
 Acidic Soil
Uses: 
 Groundcover
 
 Landscape
 
 Mass Planting
Uses Notes: 
 

With a light suckering habit, it makes a good ground cover.

Maintenance Notes: 
 

You can manage their light suckering by pruning in the springtime.

Sweet & Lo Sarcococca hookeriana 'Purplerij1'