Sarcococca orientalis Open House so common was the use

so common was the use of the aromatic leaves as a seasoning and a tea

The bark is smooth and gray

Like others in the genus

As with all aucubas

since the rose-red flowers want a calm setting rather than competition

Sarcococca orientalis Open House so common was the useSarcococca orientalis is a fragrant, uncommon sweet box from China, a compact evergreen of the boxwood family grown, like its kin, for a winter perfume far larger than the flowers that carry it. In late winter small white flowers open along the stems, modest to the eye but richly and sweetly scented, filling a still, mild day with fragrance and giving the shade garden a lift when little else stirs. The plant builds a neat, rounded mound of glossy,